Here is the problem with the Republican mindset
Bush/Cheney failed miserably in the run up to the 911 attacks, well documented that they ignored (at best) warnings.
Then the same admin failed at tracking down Bin Laden. In fact W said it really wasn't that important.
Team Obama acted on intelligence, took a chance at taking out Bin Laden, (failure would have likely made Obama a one term President) and successfully took out Bin Laden.
Republicans gave him no credit, in fact they claimed it was all Bush people who succeeded all will ignoring Bush failures in the 911 attack.
Now we have Republicans claiming that the successful mission was a failure due to being too late, that Clinton messed up originally, (a one they have used since 2001) and that the military lead on the successful mission was a failure.
Seems like they are incapable of taking any personal responsibility.
They also have no issue with criticizing military personnel for being perceived as political ONLY when that person goes against Republican beliefs, in all other cases they will argue that military personnel should not be questioned.