You called it a success
You can't sit here, having just seen pure luck, divine intervention, whatever you prefer to call it just narrowly save Trump, and seriously call this a success, can you?
This debate should be where the failure happened, not if it happened at all
Honestly, this is my last comment on the subject because there’s nothing new under the sun here. That the threat was neutralized and the principal not only did not die, but actually walked off the podium under his own power means the mission was successful.
Was it the most successful it could have been? No.
Are there legitimate reasons that may have impacted the operation? Likely.
Do we know everything there is to be known about the operation? No.