• Barack Obama,  Valerie Jarrett

    Obama Canceled Bin Laden Raid Three Times at Urging of Valerie Jarrett

    President Obama and Valerie Jarrett

    Doug Ross has the story and I note the Daily Caller link has now been hacked and associated with malware – making it an untrustworthy site.

    At the urging of Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama canceled the operation to kill Osama bin Laden on three separate occasions before finally approving the May 2, 2011 Navy SEAL mission, according to an explosive new book scheduled for release August 21. The Daily Caller has seen a portion of the chapter in which the stunning revelation appears.

    In ”Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him,“ Richard Miniter writes that Obama canceled the “kill” mission in January 2011, again in February, and a third time in March. Obama’s close adviser Valerie Jarrett persuaded him to hold off each time…

    Miniter, a two-time New York Times best-selling author, cites an unnamed source with Joint Special Operations Command who had direct knowledge of the operation and its planning.

    Obama administration officials also said after the raid that the president had delayed giving the order to kill the arch-terrorist the day before the operation was carried out, in what turned out to be his fourth moment of indecision. At the time, the White House blamed the delay on unfavorable weather conditions near bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

    Read all of Doug Ross’s post.

    Interesting that the Daily Caller has gone down with some sort of hacking.

    Stay tuned….

  • Barack Obama,  Osama Bin Laden,  Polling,  President 2012

    President 2012 Poll Watch: Obama Approval Jumps 6 Points to 52% After Bin Laden Death

    According to the latest Gallup Poll.

    Americans’ approval of President Barack Obama is up six points after the death of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid on the al Qaeda leader’s Pakistan compound. Obama averaged 46% approval in Gallup Daily tracking in the three days leading up to the military operation and has averaged 52% across the three days since.

    This increase in approval rating is not unexpected and is fairly typical, if not low.

    Presidents’ popular support often increases in response to major international events, commonly known as “rally events.” Thus, a jump in Obama’s approval after bin Laden’s death is not unexpected.

    The six-percentage-point increase in Obama’s approval rating is fairly typical for a rally event. Gallup has compiled data on changes in presidential approval after 48 different international or domestic crises since 1950 and finds a median increase of seven percentage points.

    The largest rally Gallup has ever measured was a 35-point increase for George W. Bush after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Other large rally effects include an 18-point increase for George H.W. Bush at the beginning of the 1991 Persian Gulf War; a 16-point jump for Richard Nixon after the Vietnam War peace accords were signed; and 14-point increases for George H.W. Bush after the U.S. sent troops to Kuwait following Iraq’s invasion of the country, and for Lyndon Johnson after he announced he was halting bombing in North Vietnam.

    When the U.S. in December 2003 found and captured another “high-value target” — former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein — George W. Bush’s approval rating rose seven points.

    So, will President Obama’s bounce in the polls be sustained? I, frankly, doubt it since most on the RIGHT understand he never supported the measures that brought hm success in this operation, including enhanced interrogation methods.

    The U.S. military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden is a major milestone in Obama’s presidency, and now a majority of Americans approve of the job he is doing, and more than at any time since May 2010. The question is whether Obama can sustain that higher level of support, or whether it will quickly dissipate. Most often, a president’s approval rating begins to decline fairly soon after the rally event occurs, with the increases in approval often disappearing in as little as one to four weeks.

  • Barack Obama,  Day By Day,  Osama Bin Laden

    Day By Day May 5, 2011 – License to Kill



    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    There is little doubt that President Obama was LED to the correct decision by CIA director Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But, the correct decision was made and we have to thank Obama for it.

    With regards to the release of the photos, I am ambivalent about the issue. I can see both arguments and know that eventually some of the photos, plus video will leak out.

    This will remain cannon fodder for the conspiracy theorists for years to come – without the official sanction of the United States though.

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  • Barack Obama,  Day By Day,  Hillary Clinton,  Leon Panetta,  Valerie Jarrett

    Day By Day May 4, 2011 – Choice



    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Speaking about choices. Did you read about how the Obama Administration knew about the location of Osama Bin Laden for three years and how the President was conflicted on what to do?

    Looks like the good choices President Obama made was to hire Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta. A bad choice was Valerie Jarrett.

    And, release the Bin Laden photos already. Talk about delayed decisions – sheesh…..

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  • Barack Obama,  Day By Day,  Osama Bin Laden

    Day By Day May 3, 2011 – Left Out

    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Chris, I say let the LEFT crow about their “Mission Accomplished.” After all, we got rid of Osama Bin Laden and that is a big win for the United States.

    But, lingering questions remain about President Obama’s competency to lead Americans forward. The economy continues to be poor, unemployment high and America is engaged now in three wars.

    One successful military mission, won’t a re-elected President make.

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  • Mitch Daniels,  Osama Bin Laden,  President 2012

    President 2012 Video: Mitch Daniels on Osama Bin Laden

    Guess I was right about Jennifer Rubin’s comments about Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. He has an opinion, maybe his staff just didn’t wish to share them with an unfriendly journalist with the Washington Post.

    Here are Daniel’s comments from this morning’s Fox and Friends.

    STEVE DOOCY: This is a big story in Indiana? People really care about finally getting this guy?

    DANIELS: Sure. People care about the security of this country every day, but absolutely on an occasion like this.

    Again, let’s hope it’s not too temporary — the unity, the spontaneous unity we saw — always great.

    And we need it for other purposes in this country.

    And, what purposes might those be, governor?

    More on this later, as it is apparent that Daniels has the Presidency on his mind.

  • Cindy Sheehan,  Osama Bin Laden

    Meet Cindy Sheehan – A “DEATHER”

    Cindy Sheehan, today:

    I am sorry, but if you believe the newest death of OBL, you’re stupid. Just think to yourself–they paraded Saddam’s dead sons around to prove they were dead–why do you suppose they hastily buried this version of OBL at sea? This lying, murderous Empire can only exist with your brainwashed consent–just put your flags away and THINK!

    I have a hard time bearing much ill will toward Sheehan, no matter how nonsensical or inane her utterances get; who knows what the depths of grief can do to a parent’s mind? The widespread politicization of the grief, and the notion of the worst event in your life suddenly turning you into a celebrity with admirers, probably spurs one to react in strange ways.

    But the degree to which the “anti-war” crowd — who today applaud war kinetic military action against Libya without congressional approval, and who are today applauding unilateral military action on foreign soil without the host government’s knowledge or consent or U.N. approval — exploited Ms. Sheehan remains unforgivably appalling.

    Sorry, but I am not so forgiving. Cindy Sheehan is a deranged moron who should be REBUKED like the NUTTER she is. But……

    A Bin Laden death denier or a DEATHER indeed.

    You do have to feel sorry, at some level, for Sheehan. Last night I met a military dad who felt that bin Laden’s death meant that his late son, who’d fought in Iraq, had died for something. Sheehan may never have closure or satisfaction.

  • Barack Obama,  Osama Bin Laden

    Osama Bin Laden Buried at Sea – White House Debates Whether to Release Photographs of Corpse

    According to Muslim tradition, Osama Bin Laden was buried within 24 hours.

    After bin Laden was killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan, senior administration officials said the body would be handled according to Islamic practice and tradition. That practice calls for the body to be buried within 24 hours, the official said. Finding a country willing to accept the remains of the world’s most wanted terrorist would have been difficult, the official said. So the U.S. decided to bury him at sea.

    The official, who spoke Monday on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive national security matters, did not immediately say where that occurred.

    And, now the White House is debating whether to release the photographs of Bin Laden with his massive head wound.

    The Obama administration has photographs of Osama bin Laden’s dead body and officials are debating what to do with them and whether they should be released to the public, officials tell ABC News.

    “There’s no doubt it’s him,” says a US official who has seen the pictures and also reminds us that OBL was 6’4”.

    The argument for releasing them: to ensure that the public knows and can appreciate that he’s dead. There is of course skepticism throughout the world that the US government claim that it killed bin Laden is true.

    The argument against releasing the pictures: they’re gruesome. He has a massive head wound above his left eye where he took bullet, with brains and blood visible.

    The White House will have to release the photographs or have someone conveniently leak them to the press. There will be too much skepticism in the Arab world to allow an embargo. But, then again, how long did it take for Obama to release his birth certificate?

  • Barack Obama,  Osama Bin Laden,  President 2008

    Barack Obama Watch: Osama Bin Laden Still Free Because of GOP and Iraq War

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    The Barack Obama quotes:

    Obama told reporters that the Republicans have no “standing to suggest that they’ve learned a lot of lessons from 9-11.”

    He said they “helped to engineer the distraction of the war in Iraq at a time when we could have pinned down the people who actually committed 9-11.” He said Osama bin Laden is still at large in part because of their failed strategies.

    Obama’s view of 9/11, terrorism is RADICAL LEFT, out of the mainstream of opinion and WRONG.