Posted on 05/03/2011 7:46:56 AM PDT by MattAMatt
On March 14th 2011, President Obama began a series of 5 National Security Council meetings to develop options for capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden. 30 days and 4 NSC meettings later, it was time for Obama to make a decision. After going around the room seeking everyone's views, debating COAs (Courses of Action) and contingencies accross the board, Obama decided to proceed with the operation.
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Here’s a clue...
It’s a pro-Bush article.
...What??
Point of determination made FOR Obama not BY Obama. Will clarify as details become more clear. Very clear divide between Military and WH. Jarrett marginalized 100% on decision to take out OBL. She played no part. BD (Bill Daley) worked with LP (Leon Panetta) and HC (Hillary Clinton) to form coalition to force CoC (Obama) to engage.
Sorry Bush... Obama’s Gutsie Decision Got Osama
On March 14th 2011, President Obama began a series of 5 National Security Council meetings to develop options for capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden. 30 days and 4 NSC meetings later, it was time for Obama to make a decision. After going around the room seeking everyone’s views, debating COAs (Courses of Action) and contingencies accross the board, Obama decided to proceed with the operation.
John Brennan, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said it was one of the gutsiest decisions made by any president in recent history. Even Rush Limbaugh commended President Obama for his role in the death of Osama bin Laden during his radio program. There is no question that President Obama deserves accolades and respect for having the guts and the wisdom to pull the trigger.
Sorry Bush, Obama’s decision got Osama, but thank you for the countless, unpopular decisions you made that gave him such an unprecedented opportunity. Thank you for having the courage and character to remain steadfast, even though it was obvious that your poll numbers would be severely impacted. All the policies you developed and strategies you implemented, against Obama’s will, are still in place today and provided the years of intelligence necessary to locate the terrorist leader of the world, Osama Bin Laden.
Bush Policies Delivered Osama Bin Laden
In 2001 Guantanamo detainees told interrogators about an important courier with the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti who was close to bin Laden.
In 2004, top al-Qaida operative Hassan Ghul was captured in Iraq. After intense interrogations he revealed that al-Kuwaiti was a courier, someone crucial to the terrorist organization. He also said that Faraj al-Libi, replaced Mohammed as al-Qaida’s operational commander.
In 2005 Al Libi was captured and also taken to Guantanamo.
In 2007, U.S. officials who were interrogating Guantanamo detainees finally learned the real name of a former Khalid Sheikh Muhammad (KSM) protégé who had become an important confidante of Abu Faraj al Libi.
In 2009 Guantanamo detainees identified the courier who had worked with both KSM and Al Libi as someone who was thought to be trusted by Bin Laden. After further Guantanamo interrogations, U.S. officials learned the courier’s real name, Sheikh Abu Ahmed, but did not know his exact location. Guantanamo detainees also reveald that Ahmed was a mid-level operative who helped al-Qaida members and their families find safe havens and lived in Abottabod in 2003.
In 2010 Ahmed finally made a misguided phone call that was monitored by US officials and lead to Osama’s compound 35 miles north of Islamabad in the city of Abbottabad.
It was Bush’s decision to invade Iraq which lead to the capture of several al-Qaida operatives. It was Bush’s decision to open Guantanamo Bay which produced a plethera of vital intelligence through enhanced interrogation techniques. Bush developed and passed the Patriot Act which, froze and tracked terrorist assets, opened the intelligence community’s lines of communication and lead to the interception of Sheikh Abu Ahmed’s misguided phone call.
Obama’s order to proceed with the operation to capture/kill Osama Bin Laden will be coined as one of the greatest Presidential decisions in America history. This unprecedented decision may appear to have aggrandized his Presidency, but in the long run, he will be evaluated for all of his decisions. Obama’s decisions to vote and campaign against The Patriot Act, Guantanamo Bay and The Iraq War are decisions that may overshadow killing Osama.
References:
The New York Times: Timeline: The Intelligence Work Behind Bin Laden’s Death, May 2, 2011
The Washington Post: Al-Qaeda couriers provided trail that led to bin Laden, May 2, 2011
Nation Wires: Phone call by Kuwaiti courier led to bin Laden
CBS News: Osama Bin Laden: Navy SEALS Operation Details of Raid That Killed 9/11 Al Qaeda Leader, May 2, 2011
Most likely Daley ran cover for them. Notice how Jarrett wasn’t in the situation room.
If it failed Obama could have said, “This was done without my permission.”
On March 14th 2011 spooks have good data on Osama’s location call meeting Obama agrees and give ok.It’s the only thing he hasn’t screwed up to date and media gives him credit.Same old media a$$ kissing game.
Correct.
This site is not on the excerpt list.
Why not post the whole thing here?
SORRY, HASTE MAKES WASTE.
Next time I will read before opening big mouth!
It came up just in time to save him from Trump.
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UPDATE: JUST RELEASED PHOTO OF THE WHITE HOUSE “WAR ROOM” DURING THE OSAMA BIN LADEN ASSASSINATION OPERATION SHOWING A SEEMINGLY ANGRY BARACK OBAMA STILL WEARING HIS GOLF ATTIRE AND BILL DALEY, HILLARY CLINTON, AND ROBERT GATES ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROOM. THIS PHOTO APPEARS TO FURTHER SUPPORT THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT DAY’S EVENTS BY INSIDER…
Adding yet another layer of uncertainty regarding Barack Obama’s actual role in the successful killing of Osama Bin Laden is the now breaking news that the president had to be taken off the golf course in order to attend a meeting by the military officials responsible for both creating and implimenting the actual plan to take Osama Bin Laden out.
Obie's personal demeanor subsequent to the action would lead one to believe that he didn't make the call.
Not hardly.
Osama’s been on the Most Wanted list since the 90’s.
Good for our intelligence guys and our troops. Had not much to do with Obama...
Bush is the one who took the fight to em, and defended us..
Obama’s plan is to give em miranda rights and send em to a tropical Island.
How many cabinet members does it take to declare the President incompetent to execute his responsibilities?
Sorry I did not complete photo posting..I'll try again
According to The Washington Post, the US government concluded that Osama bin Laden was present during the Battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan in late 2001, and according to civilian and military officials with first-hand knowledge, failure by the US to commit enough US ground troops to hunt him led to his escape and was the gravest failure by the US in the war against al Qaeda. Intelligence officials have assembled what they believe to be decisive evidence, from contemporary and subsequent interrogations and intercepted communications, that bin Laden began the battle of Tora Bora inside the cave complex along Afghanistan's mountainous eastern border.[132]The Washington Post also reported that the CIA unit composed of their special operations paramilitary forces dedicated to capturing Osama was shut down in late 2005.[133]
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