What leads me to believe (as I did then) this was a fake is that anyone as Narcissistic and so full of himself as Dear Leader is, would NEVER cede the position of “honor” to anyone, especially a “Military” person; he would have insisted a pic be taken only after he assumed his “Rightful” place as Community Agitator in Least!!!
I have to disagree. In my experience, narsacisstic (sp?) people tend to:
(1) be the most insecure
(2) want to make sure someone else takes the blame if anything goes wrong
In this case, I can easily see Obama letting someone else make the actual decision and handle the dirty work so he can blame them if there are any problems (although that wouldn’t, and didn’t, stop Obama from taking all the credit).
The military guy (Brig. Gen. Marshall Webb) was the first person in the room. The reason Obama is sitting in the corner is because he was the second person in the room and sat next to Webb to see what was happening on his Webb's laptop. Obama later moved to make room for other people entering the room.
The reasons the picture is not photoshopped are:
1. None of the people in the photo have said that it was. ("Three may keep a secret if two are dead".
2. If the White House was going to construct a photoshopped picture of this event, they would not have Obama in golfing attire sitting in the corner.