THE LEFT JUST CAN'T GET IT RIGHT!

Numerous CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, and MSNBC reporters have all said that Obama's approval of the helicopter raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden was a, "gutsy move."

Counter-terrorism chief John Brennan called President Obama's decision to send in Navy Seals to kill bin Laden a "gutsy move" during a televised report to the media. In fact, he even said it was one of the "gutsiest moves of any president in recent history."

How does the liberal media, and the left, in general, continually get it wrong?

Now don't start thinking that I don't give President Obama credit where it's due. That is not the case. There is no question that President Obama deserves accolades and respect for having the guts and the wisdom to pull the trigger on Osama bin Laden, but the real "gutsy moves" are the ones he's made in the previous 2 years of his administration. Here are the "gutsy moves" I think he's made, for which I want to give him praise and honor:

• Throughout his campaign for President, Mr. Obama said he'd order Guantanamo Bay closed on "day one" of his administration, if he was elected president. He said, "We're going to close Guantanamo. And we're going to restore habeas corpus. We're going to lead by example - by not just word but by deed. That's our vision for the future." In fact, during his 2008 Presidential campaign, he described Guantánamo as a "sad chapter in American history."
  

Yes, it was a very gutsy move to ignore his promises to his base, the left and the very far left, and keep Gitmo open.

• Just before he was inaugurated, when asked at a news conference whether he would continue the Bush administration's policy of harsh interrogation, Mr. Obama said, "I was clear throughout this campaign and was clear throughout this transition that under my administration the United States does not torture. We will abide by the Geneva Conventions. We will uphold our highest ideals."

Yes, it was a very gutsy move to ignore his promises to the world that the U.S. would not use "torture," as he defined "harsh interrogation." He not only left Gitmo open, where harsh interrogations could take place, he also ordered harsh interrogations to continue in the other detention camps around the world, especially in the middle east.

My friends, here are the Bush Policies that delivered Osama Bin Laden and got him in a position that President Obama could make the gutsy move of having him killed:

* In 2001 Guantanamo detainees told interrogators about an important courier with the nom de guerre Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti who was close to bin Laden.

* In 2004, top al-Qaida operative Hassan Ghul was captured in Iraq. After intense interrogations he revealed that al-Kuwaiti was a courier, someone crucial to the terrorist organization. He also said that Faraj al-Libi, replaced Mohammed as al-Qaida's operational commander.

* In 2005 Al Libi was captured and also taken to Guantanamo.

* In 2007, U.S. officials who were interrogating Guantanamo detainees finally learned the real name of a former Khalid Sheikh Muhammad (KSM) protégé who had become an important confidante of Abu Faraj al Libi.

* In 2009 Guantanamo detainees identified the courier who had worked with both KSM and Al Libi as someone who was thought to be trusted by Bin Laden. After further Guantanamo interrogations, U.S. officials learned the courier's real name, Sheikh Abu Ahmed, but did not know his exact location. Guantanamo detainees also reveald that Ahmed was a mid-level operative who helped al-Qaida members and their families find safe havens and lived in Abottabod in 2003.

* In 2010 Ahmed finally made a misguided phone call that was monitored by US officials and lead to Osama's compound 35 miles north of Islamabad in the city of Abbottabad.

So, yes, it was a very gutsy move by President Obama to keep the Bush Policies in place, despite subjecting then President Bush to constant derision and accusations against him.