Biden lands a presidential moment that may be fleeting with strike on ISIS leader
CNN
The US commando raid in Syria that resulted in the death of the top leader of ISIS came at a moment when President Joe Biden was badly in need of a commander-in-chief moment with his leadership under siege at home and overseas.
Official photos and accounts of the President watching the raid on a secure link in the Situation Room drew clear allusions to the iconic photo of President Barack Obama and his team viewing the assault on Osama bin Laden's lair in Pakistan in 2011. That was an operation that Biden advised against, according to multiple contemporary accounts -- a point Republicans often surface to paint him as weak and wrong on foreign policy. Wednesday's raid gives the President a counter-argument, as aides portrayed him as deeply immersed in every aspect of the planning of the operation for weeks.