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Old 05-06-2012, 14:59   #1
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Top General: Obama Knew About OBL’s Hideout Since Summer of 2010 – Refused To Act

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012...-to-act-video/

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Old 05-06-2012, 15:51   #2
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A pass

Of all the angles to the whole story I'd give a pass to this angle.

Intel reporting a position inside a country we have "Friendly" relations. I think I'd spend a little time confirming the intel and letting the military get as good a plan as they could together.

Hitting an empty house would have been....................
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Old 05-06-2012, 16:24   #3
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I agree with Pete - after years of serious effort to track this guy to his lair, this wasn't the time to get 'buck fever' - if it wasn't particularly time-sensitive, I think the sensitivity of the overall situation warranted a bit of patience on our part - it wasn't as if we weren't still monitoring his activities during that time ( ).

And so it goes...

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Old 05-06-2012, 17:17   #4
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Another good reason to pass on that intel would be if the bastard was already worm turds.
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Old 05-06-2012, 17:46   #5
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Old 05-07-2012, 05:22   #6
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Me,,

I would milk all the intel off the site until I was sure that there was nothing left,, then whack'm. OBL was not exactly a prime Boss-Man in the AO. His ability to comm & lead was very diminished. SO, spending a couple months gathering what intel was going in or out of his compound was probably worth more, than the whack & ball-spiking BHO wanted..



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