Biden: I Told President ‘Don’t Go’ On Bin Laden Raid

Joe Biden recounts the events that led up to the decision for the President to give the go-ahead for the Bin Laden raid: "You have to make decisions literally based on the moon, will there be enough light? And we had to make a decision. The President, he went around the table with all the senior people including the Chiefs of Staff. He said, 'I have to make this decision what is your opinion.'"

January 27, 2012 at 1:27 pm - C-Span
Dateline: Maryland
Duane_DePool   January 27th, 2012 - 1:32 pm

Man, I would know I was in real trouble if I had to ask Biden for advice.

Libs_R_Wrong   January 27th, 2012 - 1:37 pm

You mean that Biden took time off from serving coffee to give a firm opinion??

Roger   January 27th, 2012 - 1:38 pm

I have to wonder about that beer summit in the Rose Garden. Remember over the Harvard cop doing his job?

I wonder if the old video shows him talking to himself in the background. He just doesn't seem very connected to reality.

Cowboy Logic   January 27th, 2012 - 1:39 pm

Frankly, I am surprised that Biden did not suggest that Obama go in person………..

theblessedresistance   January 27th, 2012 - 1:40 pm

all that is missing is the campfire or biden in the rocking chair at the old folks home telling this story with the grandkids gathered around. facepalm

rata2lee   January 27th, 2012 - 1:42 pm

Did i just hear Uncle Joe say the decision to go was based on if there was enough moonlight? I'm not a military expert but i could have swore the U.S. has the most advanced night vision technology available…..You don't think Joe was doing a little embellishing do you?

★FALCON★   January 27th, 2012 - 1:45 pm

Biden = proof that lobotomies don't work and often malfunction.

12 lobotomies should obviously be the limit – even for a Democrat.

NotKennedy   January 27th, 2012 - 1:46 pm

Is there nothing that will stop this idiot from defiling himself? In a non governmental setting, Joe Biden could be compelled to take a fitness for duty evaluation. Lucky for him, he never actually practiced law.

Steve_Pa   January 27th, 2012 - 1:48 pm

No wonder why barry had to "sleep on it" before he made a decision. I've seen better leadership from a Cub Scout.

LibertyWriter   January 27th, 2012 - 1:48 pm

The story is that only a few people knew about the possible mission for 4(?) weeks but as the knowledge became to a larger and larger group, Obama says "I got to make a decision." If the secret had been kept tighter, would he have gone at all? Was it the possibility of exposure that finally made Obama go? Hmmmm

Oregontea   January 27th, 2012 - 1:49 pm

Sage advice from the Delaware Dimwit.

BobSalem   January 27th, 2012 - 1:49 pm

Watching and listening to this fool is like seeing a bad re-run of Dumb & Dumber…staring Biden as the dumbest!

mikegino   January 27th, 2012 - 1:51 pm

I wonder what the real Bin Biden thinks of this stuff?

Barnacle Barry   January 27th, 2012 - 1:52 pm

Biden: Don’t go on the Bin Laden raid.

Barry: You sound like my typical White grandmother, always tryin' to be da' man. Get off my ass…I'm doin' it! You're not the boss o' me!

The more I understand regressives, the more I hate kids.

Steve_Pa   January 27th, 2012 - 1:54 pm

It would have taken to long for barry to get his blue bike helmet and make a stealth bike bell to attach to a M4, ring, ring, lol.

LuKuj   January 27th, 2012 - 1:55 pm

And he is dumb enough to actually tell us about this stuff.

antilibterds   January 27th, 2012 - 1:56 pm

Wow what world does this administration live in besides crazy progressive fantasy land.

Libtard   January 27th, 2012 - 1:56 pm

Yeah man… flip a coin… you'll have better luck than asking Slow Biden.

AngrylilDwarf   January 27th, 2012 - 1:57 pm

Did Biden really say, @ 0:33, that Obama has "..a backbone like a ram-rod.."??
OMG!!
What's he been sitting on?

nceeno   January 27th, 2012 - 1:57 pm

"I have to make this decision what is your opinion?"
I'd say go with the red panties Mr. President.

Libtard   January 27th, 2012 - 1:58 pm

That would probably result in a friendly fire casualty.

(Seals to Barry or Barry to OBL– you decide)

Bandfrog   January 27th, 2012 - 2:06 pm

Obama new it was a "go" as soon as Biden thought it was a bad idea because Biden is a complete fool.

Markg55   January 27th, 2012 - 2:07 pm

Damned idiot!….a bright moon may just give the enemy a heads up.
Kevlar Joe ~ the gift that keeps giving.

pdirt   January 27th, 2012 - 2:08 pm

Couldn't miss that blooper. He really needs to lay off the mellaril.

jstime   January 27th, 2012 - 2:09 pm

Biden telling a tall tail…not his first.

afreegreek   January 27th, 2012 - 2:14 pm

"he knew what was at stake, not just the lives of those brave warriors but literally the Presidency"

Joe.. each one of those SEALS is worth at a minimum.. 10 Obamas.. and I'm being generous.. see Joe, you don't get to call yourself a SEAL because you won a popularity contest, or because it's your turn, or because you have a rich Daddy.. or because you can deliver a good line of BS.. see Joe, we know what kind of metal these men are made of before they wear the Trident..

amanuensis   January 27th, 2012 - 2:15 pm

Biden: I Told President ‘Don’t Go’ On Bin Laden Raid
And he didn't. Obammy sat in his comfortable office and simply pressed a button. Man, that must have taken real guts to do.

Barnacle Barry   January 27th, 2012 - 2:23 pm

Ha ha. That is kinda amazing, isn't it?

Sarcastic   January 27th, 2012 - 2:24 pm

Joe. The corner. Go in it. Color. Be quiet. America thanks you.

tpf0612   January 27th, 2012 - 2:33 pm

Old "blood and guts" BiteMe……Can we have a bigger collection of mouth breathers in that place.

Deusexmachina   January 27th, 2012 - 2:34 pm

I think so…

Narcissist Extremist   January 27th, 2012 - 2:36 pm

Somethings fishy here. Obama making a command decision? Maybe his teleprompter egged him on.

Sonny_Costello   January 27th, 2012 - 2:47 pm

What an extraordinary simpleton! Such stealth missions are planned around a dark/new moon. Biden's concern that the moon might not be BRIGHT ENOUGH demonstrates that a) he comprehended THAT the phase of the moon was somehow relevant to the timing of the raid and b) he still has no understanding of WHY it was a relevant factor. The more intelligent folks in the situation room must have rolled their eyes when the fool gave his input.

SoNotShocked   January 27th, 2012 - 2:50 pm

I'm sure we'll keep hearing it about the death of Bin Laden until the election.

syvyn11   January 27th, 2012 - 2:52 pm

Then do the opposite of what he said.

syvyn11   January 27th, 2012 - 2:54 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen, Obama's FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT! Except he hasn't been right about a single foriegn policy issue in 40 years!

vegasdomar   January 27th, 2012 - 3:03 pm

Our peace loving President. One the war didn't he?
More than 320 people have been killed in attacks in Iraq since the start of the year alone and nearly 800 more wounded – more than double last year's figure for violent deaths in January, according to government figures.

winstonlabrador   January 27th, 2012 - 3:27 pm

ROFL

jackwood   January 27th, 2012 - 3:40 pm

As a comical sidekick character, Joe Biden makes Barney Fife look like a genius.

WorldclaZZ   January 27th, 2012 - 3:43 pm

Bawney Fwanks sat up in bed when he heard Joe mention a guy with a "bone like a ramrod."

Quayle2012_KNOT   January 27th, 2012 - 3:50 pm

My aren't we dramatic.

afreegreek   January 27th, 2012 - 3:55 pm

we..? do you have worms?

hereitis   January 27th, 2012 - 4:02 pm

Surprised 0 didn't draw straws.

DonaldDuck   January 27th, 2012 - 4:04 pm

I don't know, but I do believe that, with the capabilities of our military, a cardboard cutout of Homer Simpson could have made the decision to go get that pig-hearted dingleberry. But then again, Barry O. isn't quite up to the high Homer Simpson standards, so advice from BiteMe was both prudent and necessary. Oblahblah and BiteMe make me feel so safe.

dianewe   January 27th, 2012 - 4:11 pm

Of course He did? I'm so ashamed of these Glory thieves,not only do these honorable Solider's risk their lives for us and now a Politician really wants to take credit! UN Real,

Taggert   January 27th, 2012 - 4:13 pm

You got to love this guy, he can say all this with a straight face.

GloatingRichGuy   January 27th, 2012 - 4:45 pm

At what point, did somebody at that table say, "Mr. President, you do realize making the decision to kill Bin Laden will be using information obtained from water boarding, or as you call it, torture. Doing such a thing will make you a flaming hypocrite, not to mention, a full-blown jerk. Just sayin'."

Andy From Beaverton   January 27th, 2012 - 5:10 pm

"For about four weeks, only six of us knew the possibility of where bin Laden was. As it got expanded, about a month later, the final call came because literally as you know Colonel, you end up having to make decisions literally based on the moment. Will there be enough light? And we had to make a decision."

It took you two months to make a decision? What kind of leadership is that? With a real courageous president, bin Laden would have been dead in minutes of that knowledge.

Consrvativ_KDH   January 27th, 2012 - 5:32 pm

Biden said, "Don't go"?!

Shocking. I bet he moaned it from a fetal position curled up in a corner of the room…

chab123   January 27th, 2012 - 5:50 pm

Did they do paper scissors rock too? Sheesh…

Buhlz_I   January 27th, 2012 - 6:20 pm

WTF!!!!! That's Obammy's only accomplishment.

A_pen   January 27th, 2012 - 6:32 pm

BS, he's drinking too much cold meds, AGAIN.

burns1   January 27th, 2012 - 6:57 pm

It's really embarrassing and frightening to know that these two scum bags have so much power. BTW Joe, we all thought you libtards hated war and were going to end all American involvement? Now your bragging about something that was done with the Bush doctrine still in place. You pathetic hypocrites are disgusting!

Anticommunists   January 27th, 2012 - 7:01 pm

You are a disgrace.

VLADtheINHALER   January 27th, 2012 - 7:31 pm

Indeed it was a bold electoral move. The votes of millions was on the line. He left the fate of his second term in the hands of soldiers who might not have been Democrats. Backbone like a ramrod to put his future in such jeopardy. It was the boldest move in American history.

KraZedSeXpooDle   January 27th, 2012 - 8:07 pm

They are trying to make the war on terror about one man, now that Bin Ladin is dead they are trying to convince the people they won the war.

rfb10   January 27th, 2012 - 8:44 pm

This man is a heartbeat away from being President… Does he even know night vision goggles have been invented? How about the tides Joe? I always think Obama is the dumbest guy in the room until Joe walks in.

teapartyvik   January 27th, 2012 - 10:40 pm

I see so he has all advisers around him to ignore them. Good to know. What exactly were the 2 more things joe needed to know to make an opinion that obama didnt think were important?

PushHereToFlush   January 28th, 2012 - 1:33 pm

Obama doens't listen to Biden either.

Light_V_Dark   January 28th, 2012 - 9:45 pm

Cl#t VAWA, AKA Bo Jiden, ONLY wants to KILL American men. It's the very nature of EVIL. MOST evil people are more like Michael Jackson and Michael Moore, than Freddy Kreuger. Michael Jackson, being the TEXTBOOK PEDERAST…MANKEY MOOER, THE GUTLESS KISSER OF SATAN'S STINKY STARFISH…

The story in the Book of Revelation says: There is a people of God; the people of God are being afflicted and polluted by forces from within their own society, who worship at the synagogue of Satan. At the same time, the people of God are being afflicted by cosmic foes from abroad.

<a href="http://downloadpolitics.com/entry.php?222-The-People-Of-God-Are-Being-Afflicted-And-Polluted-By-Forces-From-Within” target=”_blank”>http://downloadpolitics.com/entry.php?222-The-People-Of-God-Are-Being-Afflicted-And-Polluted-By-Forces-From-Within

Light_V_Dark   January 28th, 2012 - 10:12 pm

Obumessiah Disciples and Paullyannists, literally want to rip us to shreds, if we DARE suggest ANYBODY, LOOK AT THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN…TOTO, GET BACK HERE. I don't want you STOMPPED FLAT.____

I've seen a BIG RED, on some of the Breitbart blogs. It's nic is something like…Quayle in 2012…GHEH!

PS, I thought Jan Brewer was going to LOSE HER HEAD THE OTHER DAY…YOU?

Light_V_Dark   January 29th, 2012 - 12:53 am

Why, in the name of GOD, would you hesitate for a second, about KILLING the MAD DOG? And, THEN say…DON'T DO IT, BOY-KING(rhetorical)? Mr. VAWA is only interested in protecting our WIMMIN FOLK, from ME.

Addendum; It would have been much easier to take out a RESTRAINING ORDER, on OBL…Hysterical, Bogus ROs have been modern day GUILLOTINES, in AmeriKa.

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