General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: SEALs slam Obama for using them in bid to take credit for bin Laden killing during election [View all]LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)It was not a no brainer! The CIA's assessment had dropped from 60% success rate to 40% just before Obama made his decision but he had not received that last assessment. I think actually that 60% drop to 40% was whether Osama bin laden was at that location.
If I recall one of the factors that probably increased the success rate was Obama increasing operation support from the original plan. If he hadn't ordered additional support for the operation it could had very had failed.
Obama was getting mostly negative feedback for the operation. So if it was a no brainer then why so many within the administration's team against it?
You are so right that it could had gone wrong. They didn't know what type of consequences there might be going into an ally's territory without their permission. An ally that for all intents and purpose been harboring bin Laden. They didn't know 100% what there might be waiting for them.
I hope that worthless Seal candidate for office has his butt handed to him in his election.