How Obama Bungled the Aftermath of the OBL Mission

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American Thinker:

Bret Stephens writing in the Wall Street Journal Tuesday labeled me and people like me who write "right-wing commentary" as "unbecoming" inhalers of "a whiff of sour grapes" during "Obama's Finest Hour" -- the hour that the President gave the green light to kill Osama bin Laden. I am labeled as such because I recognize that notwithstanding the wave of vengeful jubilation that has overtaken America, the media, and the civilized world as they celebrate OBL's death, I remain a critical analyst of the entire Obama presidency and not just someone who is elated over the one and only foreign policy accomplishment of this administration to date (for which George W. Bush is also responsible).

What I find shocking about this major event in US history is the dearth of information emanating from the administration. There is an appearance that no one is running the show and no one really knows what transpired. This has led to utter chaos as the media and individuals randomly attempt to piece together events on their own.

We know that the US military, acting on intelligence, went into Osama bin Laden's compound in the middle of Pakistan in the cloak of darkness and killed the most wanted man in the world -- and it took ten years to accomplish this feat. Presumably, the soldiers carrying out this mission were wearing video cameras and upon its successful completion, collected forensic evidence to prove and support their claims of success (before dumping OBL's body in the ocean for the purpose of showing the Muslim world how politically correct we Americans can be).

What I expected on Sunday evening as I waited for Obama to finally appear on television was a more detailed explanation of what transpired, beginning with a brief summary of the intelligence leading up to the operation and ending with photos of the compound and bin Laden himself. Rather than a presidential appearance with the pomp and circumstance of red carpets and the like, I expected the President to appear in the White House briefing room to make a statement and then leave the details and follow-up questions to the likes of his Press Secretary as well as military personnel who had been briefed on the details of the operation. Not surprisingly, I was disappointed.

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The final paragraph:

 

While I too celebrate the death of OBL, I will not sleep better tonight knowing that he is gone. For the reality is that the man who will receives the 3am wake-up call for another 18 months is still not up to the task and he continues to prove himself more and more incompetent every day.

 

The only problem I have with the article is the sad and scary fact that we actually have to worry through 20+ months before we can hope to get this incompetent boob out of the CinC role.

 

At this point, we would be better off with almost anyone in line of succession, much less waiting for a Conservative, sitting in the Oval Office.

 

Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll resign in protest after being denied the adulation that he so obviously needs to function.