Obama 'Slept On It' Before Deciding To Make Up His Mind About The Bin Laden Mission

Relief: With the mission a success and his popularity restored, Obama enjoys dinner with John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and other White House colleagues last night

Obama Took SIXTEEN HOURS To Make Up His Mind About Bin Laden Mission -- The Daily Mail

* President 'slept on it' as tense military chiefs awaited decision
* Action started the next morning when Obama declared 'it's a go'
* Mission delayed by one day after heavy cloud cover on Saturday night
* Navy seals dodged Pakistani security to reach Bin Laden's lair
* Outpouring of emotion on streets down to 'the same sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11' Obama told members of Congress

Barack Obama kept military commanders hanging by declaring he would 'sleep on it' before taking 16 hours to give the go-ahead to raid Bin Laden's compound.

Hit squads of specialist Navy Seals - who were not even told who they were preparing to capture - had practised the mission at two reconstructions of the terror chiefs sprawling compound.

The mission looked set to be given the all clear last Thursday when analysts confirmed beyond doubt that Bin Laden was in busy town of Abbottabad in northern Pakistan.

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My Comment: I cannot be critical about President Obama "sleeping on it" before making the decision to go after Bin laden. When I have a major decision to make .... I always do exactly the same thing. But what I would like to know is .... why was the decision brought forward NOW to go after Bin Laden.