Ever since last Sunday (May Day) two peculiar terms have been used repeatedly by the mainstream media when referring to the surprising attack and killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan; And they are Gutsy and Treasure Trove.
President Obama is being called Gutsy for (his heroic role in) ordering the successful military operation that ended the life of the arch villain and suspected mastermind behind the fatal terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Supposedly a Treasure Trove of incriminating evidence (intelligence) was seized at the compound where OBL had lived since 2005.
Here's the dilemma: Gutsy how? You are given information that a long sought after enemy has been located; After this all you have to do is decide when you want to take him/her down, now or later. It's that simple. Now what's Gutsy about that?
President Obama is being called Gutsy for (his heroic role in) ordering the successful military operation that ended the life of the arch villain and suspected mastermind behind the fatal terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Supposedly a Treasure Trove of incriminating evidence (intelligence) was seized at the compound where OBL had lived since 2005.
Here's the dilemma: Gutsy how? You are given information that a long sought after enemy has been located; After this all you have to do is decide when you want to take him/her down, now or later. It's that simple. Now what's Gutsy about that?
Now, if you had to go yourself to confront and interact with the assailant, then that would be Gutsy! That is what the Armed Forces do, they are quite Gutsy.
It's been mentioned that a Treasure Trove of items were removed from the "luxurious mansion" where OBL was hiding. They have identified several video recordings in which OBL practiced his recorded messages. They now say that he was a narcissist who was obsessed with how he looked in the videos he produced; and going so far as dying his gray beard black for the taping of his recorded messages (threats). What I personally know about debriefings after a mission is that "all" the information gathered is annotated and discussed at that time.
How can there be all this piecemeal, drop at a time sequence of frivolous data?
This whole operation smells. Now they are asking - if Pakistan knew that OBL was where he was? Come on? Pakistan's ISI is now more knowledgeable (accountable) than the OSI? Or, maybe the NSA?
Narcissistic, heh? I can pin that tail on another donkey...
Related:
Interview with Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani
RealClearPolitics - 2 days ago
... right now and that gutsy for (decision he made to go ahead and send those ... It is a treasure trove of information. It might even lead to the capture of) ...
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