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Obama: The Unlikely Assassin  By Geoffrey P. Hunt A bullet to
the head of the world's most notorious terrorist was ordered by
President Obama. This stunningly courageous act has been greeted
with bouquets of thanksgiving and garlands of awe.  The demise
of bin Laden at the hands of Obama is the stuff of legend, a
perfect narrative to turn rightside-up Obama's reputation, seen
otherwise as chronically indecisive, deferring risk-taking to
others, acting only when the outcome, in his favor, is assured.
But this narrative is so breathtaking in its contradiction to be
equally implausible. Even Obama's own s'mores-around-the-
campfire companions have described his role in the Libyan
intervention, still muddled and unresolved, as "leading from
behind."  How is it possible this president, reluctant to assert
American power, even loath to admit its exceptional reach and
moral imperative, ordered such an assassination?  Because maybe
it didn't happen exactly as