Another reason to praise Barack Obama in the face of the larger GOP/McCain strategy that assumed Osama had been sidelined in caves somewhere in the NW Territories. Not true, infact, he was calling the shots in the set up and direction of the Al Qaeda franchises which have been pestering US Forces for years now in Iraq and Afghanistan. From the Washington Times comes details on just how involved Osama was in the organization he was lead.
The covert operation that killed Osama bin Laden produced new evidence that the “emir” of al Qaeda actively commanded the terror group’s affiliates in Yemen, Somalia and other parts of North Africa and was not just an inspirational leader.
Incase you've forgot, there is a reason that the trail went cold... Bush let it
One U.S. intelligence official who asked not to be named said “a peripheral scan of the data suggests that he provided strategic guidance and direction to al Qaeda’s affiliates. We knew he had contact with the affiliates through couriers, but the evidence we have now is that he delivered the strategic direction to many of these groups.”
If this is the case folks, this is HUGE. Not only was Obama right in the fight and search for Osama, but the GOP was dead wrong in their ignoring of this key central figure in the W.O.T.
A U.S. official who asked not to be named said bin Laden gave broad orders to al Qaeda affiliates, such as orders to al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to attack the continental United States. He also said bin Laden received payments from al Qaeda’s affiliates and approved mergers of affiliates.
“I absolutely am convinced the reason he moved there in 2005 and 2006 is that he needed to take closer control of his globalized Jihad,” she said. “This is precisely at the time when the affiliates are being created. This is precisely at the time when Iraq is becoming more and more al Qaeda’s war. It is precisely the moment when the war in Afghanistan is about to take off.”
In the light of these new Developments, it makes John McCain and the entire GOP establishment look crazy in retrospect. Very likely future terrorist strikes were averted by this action undertaken under the leadership of President Obama. here is video of McCain again admonishing Candidate Obama on his open willingness to attach, if given a chance to strike at Osama