Revealed: How Obama was Playing Golf until 20 minutes before Navy SEALS began Mission to take out Bin Laden
Daily Mail UK
- Stayed out on golf course to distance himself if it went wrong, book claims
- We would have taken him alive if he surrendered, says commander
- Al-Qaeda leader's wife screamed: 'No, no, don't do this... it’s not him!'
- SEALs nicknamed Bin Laden 'Bert' in reference to Sesame Street muppet
Last updated at 7:41 AM on 7th November 2011
In the official photograph, he looked every inch the commander in chief.
Strain etched on his face, Barack Obama watched as the raid to kill Osama bin Laden played out on a television in front of him.
According to a new book, however, the President was not nearly that engaged – and was actually playing golf until 20 minutes before the operation began in earnest.
Quick change: President Obama was golfing just 20 minutes before Osama Bin Laden was killed and he was pictured looking on intently in the Situation Room, right, according to a new book (File golf picture from June)
Only then did he down his clubs and return to the White House to watch what he later trumpeted as a great success of his presidency.
A new book claims the official account was riddled with errors and that Bin Laden was referred to as 'Bert' and not just 'Geronimo'.
Also, none of the Navy SEALs said the now famous words: 'For God and country', and when they burst into Bin Laden's room, his wife screamed: 'No, no, don't do this... it’s not him!'
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Maybe this could be recorded in history as;
The Greatest "WHOLE" in one ??? 