Navy SEALs killed bin Laden 10 years ago today; Biden was against the mission

rvZA

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Millions of Americans around the world huddled around television sets on May 1, 2011, as then-President Barack Obama addressed the nation with major news – Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden had been killed by Navy SEALs.

That was exactly 10 years ago.

Joe Biden, Obama’s vice president at the time, had opposed the move, arguing in high-level meetings that they should wait for more additional intelligence on bin Laden’s whereabouts before greenlighting the strike.
 

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In the weeks after the strike, he said he and other Cabinet members had advised caution about the raid but praised Obama’s decision "to launch the daring action," according to The New York Times.

A year later, in an interview with NBC, he began claiming that he had privately told Obama to trust his instincts after the meeting in which he expressed opposition to the raid.

Obama and Biden have both said that Biden dropped his early opposition to the raid and ultimately supported the 44th president’s decision to go forward and kill the man responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks

Sounds like the process was exactly what a president and his most trusted advisers should show, talk it out, take cognisance of those who call for caution early on and then proceed with an agreed plan in a logical way.

Can you imagine the sh*t show if Donnie had been president at the time?
 

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Sleepy Joe, here is a free kick up your arse to wake you up.
Kick thump.
Sleepy you awakened yet?
 
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