It was a gutsy move by the President. Much like Jimmy Carter he alone, would have shouldered the blame if the attack turned into a disaster or if bin Laden wasn't there. The safe move would have been to call a massive bombing of the compound. But then we would never have known whether he was actually killed
Similar to his handling of the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, Obama showed patience and daring in handling a critical military operation.
This wasn't gutsy because his skinny ass wasn't at risk.
This was the kind of move that you do when you want positive I.D.on the target. It's a fairly simple operation due to the isolation 18ft walls afford you. The hard part was getting approval with Pakastan to do it. The compound appeared like a textbook raid site.
Apparently, they never told Pakistan that the operation was going down.
Just heard on FOX that the CIA, Special Op's, and the operative on the ground had a codeword, "Geronimo" for Bin Laden. Once the operative got a visual on Bin Laden, and confirmed he was there, the code word was given and the mission launched within minutes.......Cool shit!.........They are also reporting that The President was able to watch the mission go down in real time, and may have witnessed the actual killing of Bin Laden.....Man, I would love to see that footage
Pakistan has some serious 'splainin' to do.....How in the hell they couldn't have known he was there is ridiculous. He's virtually down the road from a Pakistani military base, and the neighborhood is packed with retired military. too include many former high command.