Reply #25: It was the meme that there was a "firefight:" to take OBL out, and then suddenly that didn't happen

[riderinthestorm]

That threw me for a loop at first. IF OBL and his men were armed, then it wasn't a holding pen.

But the fact that 4 US helicopters fly right next door to the military's top training institute and nobody came out to check on what was happening for 40 minutes??? He must have been in custody. If nobody was armed within that compound, and the Pakistani police, ISI or military didn't come check out what was happening there during that time, it appears pretty conclusive that the US did the kill with tacit approval.

Which means that both sides wanted this little deal to end.

The trigger could have been a combination of everything: the Wikileaks angle, the worsening relationships, AQ/OBL overstepping the line.

Or....another thing I just thought of is if Bush I and II and Cheney actually worked this deal out with Pakistan and the KSA GID, do you think it's possible that Obama knew or was told? Do you think he actually had to work this out for himself - once he got into office he "re-opened" the search and kill mission, and the facts came tumbling out? Perhaps he killed OBL to make a point to the Bush cartel that he's discovered this little shadow thug government.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my rambling train-of-thought posts. I'm thinking aloud here while I mow, stopping every now and then to check in.