Quite An 'Ah-HA!' Moment:

From Democracy Now!:

"Report: U.S., Pakistan Had Longstanding Deal Permitting Capture of Osama bin Laden

The Guardian newspaper reports the United States and Pakistan struck a secret deal almost a decade ago permitting a U.S. operation against Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil. Under the deal, Pakistan would allow U.S. forces to conduct a unilateral raid inside Pakistan in search of bin Laden. Afterward, both sides agreed, Pakistan would vociferously protest the incursion. On Monday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Gilani addressed the National Assembly for the first time since U.S. forces secretly entered Pakistan to kill bin Laden.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani: "Let no one draw any wrong conclusions. Any attack against Pakistan’s strategic assets, whether overt or covert, will find a matching response. Pakistan reserves the right to retaliate with full force. No one should underestimate the resolve and capability of our nation and armed forces to defend our sacred homeland."

Meanwhile, new details have emerged about last week’s raid. President Obama reportedly insisted that the assault force hunting down bin Laden be large enough to fight its way out of Pakistan if confronted by hostile local police officers and troops."

In This, The First Mini-Nanosecond of the Post-Osama Bin Laden Era...

Plate 1: Explanatory text just below.

Indeed, Obama's Bob Oppenheimer A-bomb Sanskrit-quote-moment is writ large on his Yes-I-Did! visage. The majesty. The power. The coming glory.

Fruit Salad fellow next to him is the only Mac user in the room (direct clouding to Julian A).

Mike 'You-Guys-Want-Anything?' Mullen's ready to go for beverages.

Youngish New Frontier guy in the blue shirt to the right of Fruit Salad's dreaming of Whole Foods opportunities in newly-discovered Abbottabad, perhaps in a possible suburb of Costelloabad.

Hillary: emesis imminent. Tart, sour stomach spray comin' up.

Only Bob Gates exhibits true wisdom via his Genial American ambiance. Look at him! No head examination necessary.