Quote:You might think this is verging into "Tin-Foil Hat" territory, but I'mHe is the Commander in Chief. If it went bad like what happened in Tehran during the abortive hostage rescue, he takes the fall. The official record is that even Panetta is leery of doing a raid with Seal Team 6 and would had preferred a drone strike. Plus to make an end run around the President, they'd have to convince the head of SOCCOM that either 1) If it fails, all of them would take the fall. Which would not work anyway because everyone else would be howling for the Presiden't head or. 2) Tell SOCCOM that the President approved it. Which would be a lie. And would get all of them canned when it comes out.
not fully convinced Obama actually gave that order himself. There's at
least anecdotal evidence that Leon Panetta and possibly even Hillary
Clinton did an "end run" around Valerie Jarrett in order to make it a
"fait-accompli" and then allowed Obama to take the credit.
Tell me, if the Bin Ladin raid had failed, would you be baying for the President's head for ordering it?
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