1/ This is a bunch of malarkey and the culmination of nearly a decade of Biden trying to rewrite the record
2/
In 2012, Biden said he told Obama unequivocally: "Mr. President, my suggestion is don't go."
In 2012, Biden said he told Obama unequivocally: "Mr. President, my suggestion is don't go."
3/ But by 2013, Biden was starting to claim that he privately told Obama to "follow [his] instincts" something which he had never claimed before
nytimes.com/2015/10/21/us/…
nytimes.com/2015/10/21/us/…
4/ By 2015, Biden completely contradicted what he said before
Biden claimed he never told Obama "don't go" and that he privately gave Obama his real advice to "go" and "follow his own instincts" when (conveniently) other witnesses weren't around
Biden claimed he never told Obama "don't go" and that he privately gave Obama his real advice to "go" and "follow his own instincts" when (conveniently) other witnesses weren't around
5/ There's one problem with Biden's claim though: virtually every other account from Obama Administration officials contradicts
Including Barack Obama, who in 2012, said Biden had "the same critique" of the raid as Mitt Romney did
Including Barack Obama, who in 2012, said Biden had "the same critique" of the raid as Mitt Romney did
6/ In 2012, Obama White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Biden was "speaking accurately" when Biden originally said he was opposed to the raid
7/ Hillary Clinton in "Hard Choices" said Biden was "skeptical" of the raid
8/ Obama CIA Director Leon Panetta in his book "Worthy Fights": Biden was "firmly in favor of waiting" and "did not have enough confidence that bin Laden was in the compound"
9/ Robert Gates, the Defense Secretary at the time, in his book "Duty": Biden was one of the "two primary skeptics" of the bin Laden raid whose primary concern was the "political consequences of failure"
10/ Michael Morell, then-Deputy CIA Director, later wrote that Biden was "unconvinced about the intelligence and concerned about what a failed mission would do" to U.S.-Pakistani relations
10/ Another Obama official said in 2015 that while some Obama advisers supported the raid, Biden was not one of them
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11/ In short, there's no evidence that Joe Biden supported the Bin Laden raid, and nearly every other Obama Administration official who has spoken up corroborates that
