Obama's 'Gutsy Call' Not So Gutsy After All

'Gutsy Call' Not So Gutsy After All, New Book Reveals


1. At the urging of senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three separate occasions before finally approving the May 2, 2011 Navy SEAL mission, according to a new book scheduled for release August 21, The Daily Caller (DC) reported.

In “Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors who Decide for Him,” Richard Miniter writes that Obama canceled the mission in January 2011, again in February, and a third time in March.

Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor and assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, reportedly persuaded Obama to hold off each time, the book reveals, according to The DC.

2. Miniter, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, cites an unnamed source with Joint Special Operations Command who had direct knowledge of the operation and its planning.

Obama administration officials said after the raid that the president had delayed giving the order to kill the arch-terrorist the day before the operation was carried out, in what turned out to be his fourth moment of indecision

At the time, the White House blamed the delay on unfavorable weather conditions near bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. However, when Miniter obtained that day’s weather reports from the U.S. Air Force Combat Meteorological Center, he said, they showed ideal conditions for the SEALs to carry out their orders.

3. “President Obama’s greatest success was actually his greatest failure,” Miniter told The DC. “Leading From Behind,” he said, traces six key decisions of the Obama administration, and shows how the president made them, or, in many cases, failed to make them.

The president has made the assassination of Osama bin Laden a focal point in his re-election campaign, calling it one of the "gutsiest calls of any president in recent history."
'Gutsy Call' Not So Gutsy After All, Book Reveals - Global Agenda - News - Israel National News


So, who is the Commander-in-Chief, Valerie Jarret or obama?
All about Valerie Jarrett

That is almost too much to wrap my head around! What a read! If we only knew all of this in 2008.
 
A case of, its courage when you face your fears. Most people don't get four chances though. lol
 
Monday morning quarterbacking by republicans

But...but.....you should have done it faster

Fact is.....Obama got the son of a bitch without the loss of an American life. His timing was perfect

And Im sure if 10 lives were lost you would probably be making the same statement.
 
Monday morning quarterbacking by republicans

But...but.....you should have done it faster

Fact is.....Obama got the son of a bitch without the loss of an American life. His timing was perfect

No. Anything could have changed in those months. Dallying around could have cost him the kill.

It didn't

Each operation has rules of engagement to be met before authorizing a mission. They are put there to ensure a safe and successful mission. In this case, certain parameters would have to be met before a mission is authorized. They could include a degree of certainty that bin Laden was in fact, there, a level of training for the mission, weather conditions, intelligence and numerous other factors

Obama made the right call at the right time. History proved him right

Only the Caucasian presidents get credit for what their military does. You should know that by now.
 
Our president spent a great deal of time listening to Black Theology. Seems a little racist to me.
 
Monday morning quarterbacking by republicans

But...but.....you should have done it faster

Fact is.....Obama got the son of a bitch without the loss of an American life. His timing was perfect

No. Anything could have changed in those months. Dallying around could have cost him the kill.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLTz-p0ZYKc]President Bush Giving Up On Catching Bin Laden, March 13, 2002 - YouTube[/ame]

But, but your commander-in-chief dallied around for years. Not giving credit to Obama is nothing more than petty, childish, bitter, stupid partisanship (at best!).

:badgrin:And your POS leader not giving any credit to the Navy Seals is stupid ****.
 
'Gutsy Call' Not So Gutsy After All, New Book Reveals


1. At the urging of senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three separate occasions before finally approving the May 2, 2011 Navy SEAL mission, according to a new book scheduled for release August 21, The Daily Caller (DC) reported.

In “Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors who Decide for Him,” Richard Miniter writes that Obama canceled the mission in January 2011, again in February, and a third time in March.

Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor and assistant to the president for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, reportedly persuaded Obama to hold off each time, the book reveals, according to The DC.

2. Miniter, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, cites an unnamed source with Joint Special Operations Command who had direct knowledge of the operation and its planning.

Obama administration officials said after the raid that the president had delayed giving the order to kill the arch-terrorist the day before the operation was carried out, in what turned out to be his fourth moment of indecision

At the time, the White House blamed the delay on unfavorable weather conditions near bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. However, when Miniter obtained that day’s weather reports from the U.S. Air Force Combat Meteorological Center, he said, they showed ideal conditions for the SEALs to carry out their orders.

3. “President Obama’s greatest success was actually his greatest failure,” Miniter told The DC. “Leading From Behind,” he said, traces six key decisions of the Obama administration, and shows how the president made them, or, in many cases, failed to make them.

The president has made the assassination of Osama bin Laden a focal point in his re-election campaign, calling it one of the "gutsiest calls of any president in recent history."

'Gutsy Call' Not So Gutsy After All, Book Reveals - Global Agenda - News - Israel National News


So, who is the Commander-in-Chief, Valerie Jarret or obama?

It could be that he pussy whipped?
 
Well UBL is dead and good riddance.

I'm not surprised it took him 4 tries. I would expect no less from such an inexperienced POTUS.

At least he got it done which is more than I can say for Clinton and Albright.
 
No. Anything could have changed in those months. Dallying around could have cost him the kill.

It didn't

Each operation has rules of engagement to be met before authorizing a mission. They are put there to ensure a safe and successful mission. In this case, certain parameters would have to be met before a mission is authorized. They could include a degree of certainty that bin Laden was in fact, there, a level of training for the mission, weather conditions, intelligence and numerous other factors

Obama made the right call at the right time. History proved him right

Only the Caucasian presidents get credit for what their military does. You should know that by now.

Ah the race card played by the lame factor...........:badgrin:
 
Monday morning quarterbacking by republicans

But...but.....you should have done it faster

Fact is.....Obama got the son of a bitch without the loss of an American life. His timing was perfect

maybe if he gave the thumbs up the other 3 times, the mission would have failed with loss of American lives?

I am sure some of our greatest Generals have called off missions in the past due to certain risk factors...and then gave the go ahead later on when those risk factors were less prevelant.

No story here.....
 
No. Anything could have changed in those months. Dallying around could have cost him the kill.

It didn't

Each operation has rules of engagement to be met before authorizing a mission. They are put there to ensure a safe and successful mission. In this case, certain parameters would have to be met before a mission is authorized. They could include a degree of certainty that bin Laden was in fact, there, a level of training for the mission, weather conditions, intelligence and numerous other factors

Obama made the right call at the right time. History proved him right

Only the Caucasian presidents get credit for what their military does. You should know that by now.
why must you go there?

It takes away from ones credibility.
 
Suspicions confirmed at last. The freshly washed athletic supporters go back into Michelle's and Valery's cabinets.
 
Monday morning quarterbacking by republicans

But...but.....you should have done it faster

Fact is.....Obama got the son of a bitch without the loss of an American life. His timing was perfect

Fact is... Obama did NOT get the son of a bitch. The SEAL team he green-lighted did. THEIR timing was perfect.

Dumb ass.

And further, the ONLY reason OBL was gotten was because of the ENHANCED INTERROGATION methods that Obama and the left CLAIMED didn't work!

Information obtained through water boarding DIRECTLY led to finding OBL. Talk about Monday morning quarterbacks...what a bunch of front runners. Obama is yet one more in a long string liberals who are on the WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY!

It is the same with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. EVERY SINGLE POLL before the UNANIMOUS votes by Congress to authorize both of those invasions showed that 80% of Americans SUPPORTED IT.

That's why every single Senator and US Representative in both houses except 4 voted to authorize those actions. Because YOU SUPPORTED IT THEN...regardless of what you SAY now!

NOW...you dipsticks are with the one registered communist, 2 socialist and 1 ideologue that didn't vote for it. NOW you are sounding the trumpets for a success by Obama that ONLY OCCURRED because of interrogation methods he ended and you claim are illegal. NOW you LOVE the results of actions that were authorized by a man of conviction, George Bush to PROTECT YOUR PITIFUL LIVES.

Hypocrites!

maybe if he gave the thumbs up the other 3 times, the mission would have failed with loss of American lives?

I am sure some of our greatest Generals have called off missions in the past due to certain risk factors...and then gave the go ahead later on when those risk factors were less prevelant.

No story here.....

Actually, there IS jarhead! The story is NOT that it was canceled 4 times. The story is the reasons WHY and at whose urgings!

It was canceled because Jarrett wanted it canceled and Obama was just looking for an excuse to cancel it. It's a sign of lack of conviction and a weak spine. It's revealing of the man's character that he had to be talked into doing the right thing and only did it when it was politically expedient...NOT morally right!

And as to Valery Jarrett, you guys know WHY Obama is so indebted to Jarret don't ya? She is the person who got him the first and ONLY paying job he ever had. Michelle and Jarrett were friends. Jarrett, at the request of Michelle, used family contacts to get him the teaching position he almost never showed up to do at the University of Chicago. What was it, 12 lectures in 12 years?

The story is why he had to be talked INTO doing the right thing and why the person who talked him out of it 4 times did so. And it IS important because, just like with Clinton and Albright not arresting OBL when they had 3 different opportunities to do so, it is revealing of the man's character!
 
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Val Jarett was "Candidate #1" in the investigation of Blago selling Obama's Senate Seat. She was supposed to get the seat but Fitzgerald called the White House to let them know that they were taping Blago. Thew next day Val Jarett is offered a position in the WH and Fitzy announces his indictment and calls off further investigation into "Candidate #1
 
It didn't

Each operation has rules of engagement to be met before authorizing a mission. They are put there to ensure a safe and successful mission. In this case, certain parameters would have to be met before a mission is authorized. They could include a degree of certainty that bin Laden was in fact, there, a level of training for the mission, weather conditions, intelligence and numerous other factors

Obama made the right call at the right time. History proved him right

Only the Caucasian presidents get credit for what their military does. You should know that by now.
why must you go there?

It takes away from ones credibility.

I'm following Conservative thought on the subject.

Mudwhistle actually called killing OBL a mistake.
That wouldn't have happened for anyone other than Obama.
 
Monday morning quarterbacking by republicans

But...but.....you should have done it faster

Fact is.....Obama got the son of a bitch without the loss of an American life. His timing was perfect

Fact is... Obama did NOT get the son of a bitch. The SEAL team he green-lighted did. THEIR timing was perfect.

Dumb ass.

And Teddy Roosevelt did not build the Panama Canal, Truman did not actually drop the atomic bomb and JFK had nothing to do with us getting to the moon

Dumb ass.
 
Monday morning quarterbacking by republicans

But...but.....you should have done it faster

Fact is.....Obama got the son of a bitch without the loss of an American life. His timing was perfect

They are STILL hurting over this, aren't they? :lol:

Pathetic isn't it?

At least most have gotten off the "Bush really got him" bandwagon
 

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