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Old 10-17-2007, 12:01 PM   #9 (permalink)
Simullacrum
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Originally Posted by dave lukins View Post
It' the sort of article you have read at least twice for it to sink in, in what it's trying to portray. Not for one minute do I belief the SAS called off the chance to capture OBL to allow US ops to take over, who were "hours away." That decision can only come from the Very Top. Quite a lot of that report doesn't make tactical sense to either side.
Tactical Sence does not always take precidence.
OBL is more then just a Military target.... It is a Huge Political one.
And yes the order would of come from way high up, between Pentagon/White House Level.
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