And you were hoping he'd settle for just ignoring top military experts on missile defense. Here's CIA Director General Michael Hayden on Nov. 13, 2008:

Without directly referring to the CIA's offensive blitz of unmanned missile attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan, the CIA boss said the US had successfully isolated the al Qaeda leader bin Laden, referring to him in the present tense. "He appears to be largely isolated from the day-to-day operations of the organization he leads," Hayden said in a speech delivered to the Atlantic Council in Washington.

And now here's President-Elect Barack Obama three days later:

Kroft: Where does capturing or killing Osama bin Laden fall?
Mr. Obama: I think it is a top priority for us to stamp out al Qaeda once and for all. And I think capturing or killing bin Laden is a critical aspect of stamping out al Qaeda. He is not just a symbol, he’s also the operational leader of an organization that is planning attacks against US targets.

So either Bin Laden managed to reinsert himself into Al Qaeda's operational hierarchy in three days or Obama is so fixated on his "bomb nuclear-armed Pakistan" campaign bluster that he's ignoring security briefings. And since they don't really have wifi in isolated Waziristan caves... Perhaps self-declared "Adviser in Chief" Joe Biden - breathtakingly idiot that he is - is actually being allowed to speak regularly with the President-Elect. That would be unhelpful.

But what do I know? Obama is going to defeat anti-Western enemies by forcing them to embrace "new symbols." A guy like that - obviously he's got a good sense for the gravity of political Islam's challenge. Plus WaPo is quoting anonymous "senior U.S. military officials" who "welcome" his approach. So that's that.

How about a quid pro quo: Al Qaeda hands over Bin Laden and Obama keeps his promise to abandon Iraq like AQI wants him to? Everybody gets their "top priority" and nobody has to go home empty-handed.

The video of the interview is after the jump...