The new story flying around teh intranets is that Obama did not, in fact, give the go order for the mission that killed that Osama bin Laden. According to the story (and purported interview with the source), Obama was quote over-ruled unquote and the mission proceeded over his objections.
Well, now at least we know the new spin that the kookosphere will be using to spin this since the “he’s not really dead” stuff seems to have been a flash in the pan.
Is this really “flying around the internets?” Its an anonymous source talking to an anonymous interviewer on a website that appears to basically be a blog-hosting cite. The same “ulsterman” has a pretty long list of Obama conspiracy theories, including ones in which Obama is caught have gay sex with another man, and then had that man murdered, (or murdered the man himself, it wasn’t really clear).
I have trouble believing even the stupider rightwing cites would link to it.
Gather.com and newsflavor.com have been all over it. I had two people at work show me the site on their phones. They were buying the story, but did kind of quiet down when I pointed out that the source was an unnamed anonymous “DC insider”.
Given the convoluted way you describe it, if there’s any truth to it at all, its sounds like it was a case of:
The mission was underway but the Pres still wanted to be notified of its progress and specifically give approval before it proceeded past certain points but he wasn’t available during an unexpectedly critical point so someone said go anyway.
Or words to that effect. Even if its true I don’t see this mattering much. Like Obama or anyone in his administration’s going to complain?!
Sigh. I’d be willing to bet that the guy that attempted to “overrule” Obama would have been fired on the spot. Obama made this call. He’s shown the world he can make the tough decisions, and deserves credit for it.
Out of what is probably a perverse curiosity, how exactly would you go about over ruling the President’s decision to not send in military force to do something like this? Who could over rule the President about NOT sending in troops to take out Osama?? What or where would their powers derive from?
I mean, I could sort of see Congress preventing a President from sending in a major military force (by the expedient of cutting the purse strings), but how do you over ride a decision to not use military force by the C&C?? :dubious:
