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2012-04-29 Home Front: WoT

Memo Reveals The 'Gutsy' Bin Laden Call That Wasn't

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Posted by Mike Ramsey 2012-04-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Hey! Didn't I say that yesterday?

Posted by Bobby 2012-04-29 08:00|| 2012-04-29 08:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, you were the first, Bobby.

Posted by trailing wife 2012-04-29 10:51|| 2012-04-29 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Yup, we delete duplicates, unless Fred does it. Then it's okay :-)

Posted by Steve White 2012-04-29 11:22|| 2012-04-29 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Or if the story brings out additional facts of which we were unaware...

Posted by trailing wife 2012-04-29 11:46|| 2012-04-29 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 In other words, it was McRaven's call to pull the trigger or not on the raid.

Nono it wasnt. The CiC made the call. The Admiral had operational control. Thats called chain of command. Perhaps, The O-Teams' shameful political exploitation of the event invited the predictable pushback. But this Op/Ed is both intellectually dishonest and flat-out petty. One can expect the O-Minions to initiate Operation Sore-Losers post haste.

Posted by DepotGuy 2012-04-29 12:05|| 2012-04-29 12:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Nono it wasnt. The CiC made the call. The Admiral had operational control. Thats called chain of command.

It simply means that the operation was approved by higher authority, but Admiral McRaven had the authority to approve a 'go', or to cancel the raid. Sort of the old-fashioned way of running an operation, as opposed to the White House or the Pentagon being the final approval authority for engaging a target(ask me how I know).

The question, to me, is whether the President was in from the start. Or as some sources suggested, he was boxed into it. A minor thing, but telling.

Posted by Pappy 2012-04-29 13:02|| 2012-04-29 13:02|| Front Page Top

#7 With the fluffle of the Mirsk Alabama, I can understand how it would be difficult to imagine a snap and decisive decision.

Posted by swksvolFF 2012-04-29 15:33|| 2012-04-29 15:33|| Front Page Top

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