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Would have might have could have been.Republicans would never let us forget it if their administration had taken out Bin Laden. The idea of downplaying anything about his killing is just stupid. President Obama deserves as much credit for that success as President Carter had to accept responsibility for the failed mission to get the Iran hostages in '79. Do you hear anyone on the right blaming the SEALS for that failure? Nope, because the whole thing is authorized by the President.
Obama did everything right in getting Bin Laden. That's exactly how we need to be defeating terrorists. With good detective work, sources on the ground all over the world, field agents. A more covert counter-terrorism apparatus would net us better results than continuing the stubborn tactic of meeting this 21st century threat with an outdated, bulky, ineffective 20th century military model.
By insisting on two choppers when the SEALS suggested one was enough, and since one crashed, President Obama deserves full credit for that mission. Had he not inserted himself in the decision-making process on our behalf, that mission would've failed and all those SEALS would've been murdered.
If you can't give Obama credit for that, your opinion on everything else means little.
All failed arguments.
What did Osama's death change?