Obama was President when this operation went down. Therefore, he gets to claim the political credit no matter how timid his decision making may have been. In the end, he either made or allowed to be made, the right decision.
It is instructive, however, to observe the White House minions and their Chosen One and compare and contrast to previous Presidents. Some observations:
Democrat Presidents all go through incredible hang wringing over these decisions. Obama may just be better at it than Clinton or Carter, but that’s not saying much. They are all obsessed with how this will sit with their America hating base. Republicans, on the other hand, don’t seem to go through the what if drills and self doubt. They make a decision, stand by it, and then take all the blame while showering the credit on those who planned and carried out the operation. Too much I, me, mine coming from Obama on this one.
Obama has been unique in completely controlling the message directly from the White House. The political hacks have been the only ones telling us what went on and they have made botched the job. Other administrations have left these operational briefings to the experts at the Pentagon and CIA. The Obama crowd would have done well to have done the same.
Obama and his lackeys have seemed to be far more concerned at how their political positions on interrogation, prosecution of the War on Terror, and their criticism of the Bush Administration will be perceived than on the benefits of this event to the United States. They only seem to care about themselves and have resorted to a steady stream of lies to try to justify their wrongheaded approach to terrorism.
Good post on the Prez who lectures US to not “spike the football,” when he has done nothing but prance and preen for a week.