The man over all is a coward. He had really no choice before him. Think about it.
He’s told that we know the whereabouts of Bin Laden. The guy has a dozen or so meetings about it. Each meeting there is risk of a leak.
Finally, he’s faced with two choices, (not three which would be to do nothing). Either kill Bin Laden with a drone or with an ambush.
He chooses the ambush, because just about everyone in the room recommends it.
This time the good guys came out on top. It could have gone bad, e.g. if the Pakistani military had attacked. In fact, were they at all part of this operation?
Actually, Obama had a big advantage: he knew that no matter what he did, he would have the ecstatic support of the media and the left.
Our people had obviously known where Osama was for some time, and it was just a matter of timing this. It was actually supposed to be carried out the day before, just before the Press Club dinner, but was moved to the next day because of bad weather. So Bambi obviously wanted to announce it at the press event.
No matter what Pakistan is saying, this was done with their permission. Osama was a worn-out jihadi, in poor health, and had become a liability, so this was a godfather-like rubout. That does not detract from the careful planning or courage of our SEALS, because there was most certainly a great deal of risk in the operation. But I don’t think there was ever the risk that the Pakistani military was going to pour out of their nearby compounds and into the streets, or that Pakistan was going to retaliate by launching one of its nukes at India or anything of that nature.
It was time for Osama to go bye-bye, and Obama picked the moment that would be most beneficial to him. That said, can you imagine the storm that would have been unleashed by the press if the Bush government had killed Osama in his bed? We’d have instantaneous calls for the international trial of Bush.
But, as I say, Obama knew that no matter what he did, even if the mission had failed, he would have the unconditional support of the media and the leftist establishment in this country.