[quote=Rustico][quote=Hobie]- Being handed the golden egg of years of intel and blowing it by turning it into a campaign opportunity.
Specifically, he could have kept Bin Ladens death quiet and exploited the rich intel they captured.[/quote]
How is he going to keep Bin Laden’s death quiet? You can’t kill someone high profile, with helicopters and Navy Seals and have everybody in the world not notice.[/quote]
Actually we do it all the time.
El Salvador, Nicaragua, and I am sure in many other parts of the world. It’s called Black Ops for a reason. This one was just a “to good to pass up” PR session for the president.
But also, the american people needed this one. Too many lives lost, and too much bad news not to give the american people a little good news for once.