President Barack Obama speaks about Syria next to Vice President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden at the White House in 2013. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)
National Review: Joe Biden Did Not Have the Guts to Get Osama bin Laden
When the time came for a gutsy call, the vice president said ‘don’t go.’
Joe Biden wants to run on Barack Obama’s record. Obama himself, speaking at the Democratic convention last month, glossed over Biden’s own record while reassuring listeners of Biden’s value as a wing man: “For eight years, Joe was the last one in the room whenever I faced a big decision.”
The single best moment of Obama’s presidency was the May 2011 raid into Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden. It only happened because Obama ignored Joe Biden when he said, “Mr. President, my suggestion is, don’t go.” Biden is all too aware that he got the biggest decision of the Obama presidency wrong, which is why he changed his story years later to claim that he had actually supported the raid. That history is important to remember today, on the 19th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, as Biden seeks to become the next commander in chief.
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WNU Editor: Vice President Biden did not have confidence in the intelligence. President Obama did. This is how I see it.
