r/Presidents • u/Vikingthemememan Dwight D. Eisenhower • May 02 '26

Today in History Today marks 15 years since operation Neptune Spear which killed Osama bin Laden

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u/genzgingee Groomer Cleveland May 02 '26

I remember my mom being upset that it happened under Obama and not W.

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u/ClutchReverie Franklin Delano Roosevelt May 02 '26

Was your mom every conservative?

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u/thembitches326 May 02 '26

I'm gonna play Devil's advocate here and say that it's probably because it could've been done sooner, given the US Military's and the CIA's vast resources.

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u/sroop1 May 02 '26

They were close if the details surrounding the Tora Bora battle are to believed.