Obama: I Was 'As Active in Planning OBL Mission As Any Other Project During My Presidency'

Business Insider ^ | May 8, 2011 | Noah Davis

[2ndDivisionVet]

60 Minutes aired the interview Steve Kroft conducted with President Obama on Wednesday at the White House in which the Commander-in-Chief discussed the successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

"I felt very strongly there was a strategic imperative to go after him," the President said even though he admitted they had no photograph and no direct evidence of bin Laden's presence.

The President also said he was "about as active as any project that I've been involved with since I've been President... I was not involved with designing the initial plan but each iteration they'd bring to me, make a full presentation, we would ask questions. We had multiple meetings in the Situation Room where we actually had a model of the compound and we would discuss how this operation might proceed and what various options there were."

Later, Kroft asked for the President's thoughts about the compound in Pakistan.

"I think we were surprised when we learned this compound had been there for five or six years, and it was in an area in which you would think that potentially he would attract some attention. So yes, the answer is that we were surprised that he could maintain a compound for that long without there being a tip off."

Kroft also asked about the concerns Obama before the mission....

[neodad]

I I I I I I I I I I I I (gotta make a beer run...)

[LibWhacker]

Oh, yeah, I forgot... He slept on it for 18 hours before giving the order! So he was “as active” as during any other project... But he was unconscious. God help us.

[dalebert]

getting carried away with himself. lies lies lies.

[knarf]

Y’beatr me to it, culpeper

[mkmensinger]

It won’t be long before he’ll be saying he flew the helicopter, led the assault, and fired the fatal shots. I,I,I,I,me,me,me,me.....

[Cheetahcat]

I would be very surprised if this guys IQ was over 90,the worst president and the dumbest all rolled into one.

[Travis McGee]

He’s Chauncey Gardner, “Being There” in the situation room.

[Gritty-Kitty]

That may well be true. Let others do the moths of planning, work and putting it all on the line, make a last-minutes, long-delayed, half-@ssed decision on what is best for election purposes but most importantly show up in front of the teleprompter and cameras to take the credit and add to his self-narrative.

[upchuck]

Your tag line is spot on.

[Huskrrrr]

Sooo you made your decision based on what the teleprompter told you to do.

[CT]

I am no fan of Hillary Clinton. But if the truth gets out. I think she is running and this bas**rd is LBJ out.

[aruanan]

Well, I was talking to one of the Iraqi families I know who said that Obama was wrong if he thought the Muslim world would hold it against the United States for offing Osama since Osama has killed many, many thousands of Muslims in various countries. They hate Osama in particular, al Qaeda in general, along with the Taliban, Moqtada al Sadr, the Wahabists, etc and consider them to be perversions of Islam.

Obama: I Was 'As Active in Planning OBL Mission As Any Other Project During My Presidency'

In other words, in his presidency as in his IL Senate career, he's relying on others to carry the water for him and then swooping in to take credit. Someday, Barry, your house of cards is going to fall and I hope it's on national TV so we can play it again and again and again.

[upchuck]

Here’s a pleasant thought. There’s a remote possibility OBL will wind up in a can of tuna fish.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Oh puke!

[kalee]

I Was ‘As Active in Planning OBL Mission As Any Other Project During My Presidency’

roflol which means he was golfing or eating ice cream.
Those and vacationing seem to be the only activities he actively pursues.
As my TX husband would say, “all hat, no cattle”.

[JoeProBono]

"I like to watch"

[upchuck]

Did you leave out arrogant on purpose?

[mass55th]

His bowels were more active than any role he might have played in planning this mission.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I’m getting a serious reoccurrence of GERD on this fine Mother’s Day. Ugh!

[cripplecreek]

Nah. If he made it to the bottom, the hagfish got him.

Nasty critters.