Ari Fleischer: “It's a real significant check on Barack Obama's first year in office. I don't think anybody can minimize what it means…”

He made a reference to barrel bomb himself and how concerned he was about that.

Critics note he made the announcement after getting hired to do P.R. for the Saudis' golf venture.

Of course he should. He's the one who authorized the mission. The SEALs carried it out and the President deserves the credit for authorizing it.

Let me just for argument's sake grant his argument, his logic, none of what he said would have stopped 9/11 from taking place.