Obama vs. Osama......

 

I asked Hay Texas for his take on two recently-published books that cast doubt on Obama’s role in the killing of bin Laden, one asserting that he dithered 3 times before Hillary forced his arm, written by a known right wing controversialist; the other, by a former SEAL that the events were not as described and had been hyped.

 

Here is his response.

 

We are familiar with the issues you brought up about O's role in offing bin Laden. There is a lot of scuttlebutt floating around over the incident and what with a new book just out telling a radically different story, people don't know what to believe. I anticipated different versions of the story from the beginning and still anticipate more variations over the years ahead. Some people are better at lying than I am at telling the truth.

 

Moreover, lying can be a highly remunerative business.

 

My instinct is that the plan for the Navy Seals was executed as stated just after the incident. O was called in from the golf course when it came time to enter bin Laden's compound. The Seals had cameras attached to their helmets and the President, Hillary, military brass, the Secretary of Defense and others were watching every move via satellite.

 

There is no question in my mind that O had the courage to order someone to pull the trigger. Indeed, he admits regularly overseeing and approving assassinations of known terrorists by drones and undoubtedly other means.

 

There must have been trepidations over two major issues. First, would the mission succeed and second what would the reaction be in the Middle East. Certainly, failure scenarios were prepared and evaluated among strategists. I expect O's greatest fear was a repeat of the disastrous effort by President Carter to raid the American Embassy in Tehran and free the hostages being held their.

 

On this note, Carter got full blame for the failure and by the same token, I and most Americans give O full credit for the success of offing bin Laden. Everyone knows that neither President had anything to do with the actual events.

 

As for Hillary, I expect she advised O on the impact of both success and failure among our Arab and Middle Eastern friends and enemies. I can imagine O dithering over these impacts. He definitely needed to avoid an irreversible diplomatic row with Pakistan.

 

 

Whatever may have been said by Hillary, the ultimate decision to go was, in my opinion, that of O.