Osama Bin Laden Is DEAD!

[Logan Darklighter]

Okay, frankly I'm not sure what to make of this.
I mean, the story might be true, but I’ll need a lot more convincing. This is telling too many people what they want to hear. Plus I've never even heard of this socyberty.com blog before. I was just "blog-surfing" and followed the link from a conservative blogger (whose own suspicion about the credibility of the source informs my own. This is a guy I trust to mostly get it right.)
In a way, I really hope this is bogus, because if it’s for real... 

Was it Leon Panetta – not a waffling Barack Obama, supported
in his indecision by Valerie Jarett – who finally ordered the
assassination of bin Laden. We don’t know the truth of this. We
weren’t there. But a “White House insider” quoted on Socybrty says the following:

Q: You stated that President Obama was “overruled” by
military/intelligence officials regarding the decision to send in
military specialists into the Osama Bin Laden compound. Was that
accurate?

A: I was told – in these exact terms, “we overruled him.” (Obama) I
have since followed up and received further details on exactly what that
meant, as well as the specifics of how Leon Panetta worked around the
president’s “persistent hesitation to act.” There appears NOT to have
been an outright overruling of any specific position by President Obama,
simply because there was no specific position from the president to do
so. President Obama was, in this case, as in all others, working as an
absentee president.

I was correct in stating there had been a push to invade the compound
for several weeks if not months, primarily led by Leon Panetta, Hillary
Clinton, Robert Gates, David Petraeus, and Jim Clapper. The primary
opposition to this plan originated from Valerie Jarrett, and it was her
opposition that was enough to create uncertainty within President Obama.
Obama would meet with various components of the pro-invasion faction,
almost always with Jarrett present, and then often fail to indicate his
position. This situation continued for some time, though the division
between Jarrett/Obama and the rest intensified more recently, most
notably from Hillary Clinton. She was livid over the president’s
failure to act, and her office began a campaign of anonymous leaks to
the media indicating such. As for Jarrett, her concern rested on two
primary fronts. One, that the military action could fail and harm the
president’s already weakened standing with both the American public and
the world. Second, that the attack would be viewed as an act of
aggression against Muslims, and further destabilize conditions in the
Middle East.

Q: What changed the president’s position and enabled the attack against Osama Bin Laden to proceed?
A:  Nothing changed with the president’s opinion – he continued to avoid
having one.  Every time military and intelligence officials appeared to
make progress in forming a position, Jarrett would intervene and the
stalling would begin again.  Hillary started the ball really rolling as
far as pressuring Obama began, but it was Panetta and Petraeus who
ultimately pushed Obama to finally act – sort of.  Panetta was receiving
significant reports from both his direct CIA sources, as well as
Petraeus-originating Intel.  Petraeus was threatening to act on his own
via a bombing attack.  Panetta reported back to the president that a
bombing of the compound would result in successful killing of Osama Bin
Laden, and little risk to American lives.  Initially, as he had done
before, the president indicated a willingness to act.  But once again,
Jarrett intervened, convincing the president that innocent Pakistani
lives could be lost in such a bombing attack, and Obama would be left
attempting to explain Panetta’s failed policy.  Again Obama hesitated –
this time openly delaying further meetings to discuss the issue with
Panetta.  A brief meeting was held at this time with other officials,
including Secretary Gates and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but
Gates, like Panetta, was unable to push the president to act.  It was at
this time that Gates indicated to certain Pentagon officials that he
may resign earlier than originally indicated – he was that frustrated. 
Both Panetta and Clinton convinced him to stay on and see the operation
through...
...I have been told by more than one source that Leon Panetta was directing
the operation with both his own CIA operatives, as well as direct
contacts with military – both entities were reporting to Panetta only at this point, and not the President of the United States. 
There was not going to be another delay as had happened 24 hour
earlier.  The operation was at this time effectively unknown to
President Barack Obama or Valerie Jarrett and it remained that way until
AFTER it had already been initiated.  President Obama was literally
pulled from a golf outing and escorted back to the White House to be
informed of the mission.  Upon his arrival there was a briefing held
which included Bill Daley, John Brennan, and a high ranking member of
the military.  When Obama emerged from the briefing, he was described as
looking “very confused and uncertain.”  The president was then placed
in the situation room where several of the players in this event had
already been watching the operation unfold.  Another interesting tidbit
regarding this is that the Vice President was already “up to speed” on
the operation.  A source indicated they believe Hillary Clinton had
personally made certain the Vice President was made aware of that day’s
events before the president was.  The now famous photo released shows
the particulars of that of that room and its occupants.  What that photo
does not communicate directly is that the military personnel present in
that room during the operation unfolding, deferred to either Hillary
Clinton or Robert Gates.  The president’s role was minimal, including
their acknowledging of his presence in the room...

I know Obama is a waffler and feckless. But he can't be THAT bad, can he?