the racist conservative right is quick to say well Obama just gave the order and anyone can give an order. The fact is that had he been wrong there would have been significant blow back for carrying out a secret mission by ignoring international borders with a Nation you're not at war with and killing some of it's civilians en-route to going after Bin Laden. Being wrong would have ended his Presidency and he would have went down in history in disgrace. He gambled his entire political life on it with a 50/50 chance and Obama gambled right.
My point is that giving the order is never easy (the hardest thing to do) and could mean disastrous consequences if you're wrong. So Obama giving the order meant that he was the MAN and the soldiers faithfully carried out their mission with no US service men getting killed that night. Obama proved (for this history books) to be an amazing Peaceful / War time Commander.
Here's a good example. Consider me as Denzel in this clip with I B Lying. COG, DSK, or Mojo Rice, etc playing the role of the General (Bruce Willis)