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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1392008" data-attributes="member: 12952">Report: Obama Delayed James Foley Rescue a Month, Fretting over His Image and GolfingAccording to a new <a href="http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/focus/article1450512.ece" target="_blank">Sunday Times report by Toby Harden,</a> &quot;Pentagon sources said Foley and the others might well have been rescued but Obama, concerned about the ramifications of US troops being killed or captured in Syria, took too long to authorise the mission.&quot;However, it also seems worth noting that the eventual timing of the mission may have made for a nice July 4th weekend announcement for Obama had the mission succeeded. Instead, <a href="http://obamagolfcounter.com/" target="_blank">Obama played golf on July 5th, as well as an additional six times</a> in the month he is said to have spent agonizing over his decision, the <a href="http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/focus/article1450512.ece" target="_blank">delay of which may have cost journalist Foley his life</a>.Anthony Shaffer, a former lieutenant-colonel in US military intelligence who worked on covert operations, said: “I’m told it was almost a 30-day delay from when they said they wanted to go to when he finally gave the green light. They were ready to go in June to grab the guy [Foley] and they weren’t permitted.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1392008, member: 12952"] [SIZE=6][B]Report: Obama Delayed James Foley Rescue a Month, Fretting over His Image and Golfing[/B] [B][SIZE=5][B]According to a new [URL='http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/focus/article1450512.ece'][I]Sunday Times[/I] report by Toby Harden,[/URL] "Pentagon sources said Foley and the others might well have been rescued but Obama, concerned about the ramifications of US troops being killed or captured in Syria, took too long to authorise the mission."[/B][/SIZE] However, it also seems worth noting that the eventual timing of the mission may have made for a nice July 4th weekend announcement for Obama had the mission succeeded. Instead, [URL='http://obamagolfcounter.com/']Obama played golf on July 5th, as well as an additional six times[/URL] in the month he is said to have spent agonizing over his decision, the [URL='http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/focus/article1450512.ece']delay of which may have cost journalist Foley his life[/URL]. Anthony Shaffer, a former lieutenant-colonel in US military intelligence who worked on covert operations, said: “I’m told it was almost a 30-day delay from when they said they wanted to go to when he finally gave the green light. They were ready to go in June to grab the guy [Foley] and they weren’t permitted.” [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B][/B] [B][/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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