Quote Originally Posted by taft2012 View Post
Superb point, sir. Of course the story of a sensational rescue mission would have bolstered Obama's status.

Which then leads to the obvious question; why didn't he undertake such a simple mission?

What was *really* going on at that "safe house" that Obama decided it was more prudent to cut his losses and throw our people to the wolves?
I read a possible theory on another board suggesting that Obama set up the whole thing as a way to release the blind cleric. He cut security to make it easy for the ambassador to be taken hostage for prisoner exchange. I think that's too far-fetched. I think they were just rolling the dice so they could claim what a wonderful statesman Obama is prior to the election. It backfired.