Obama vs. Pirates

[smokystein.livejournal.com]

I'm a little confused as to how a bunch of half-wit Somali Pirates became the first test of Obama's Security cred, but whatever. What I am amazed by is the number of conservative voices giving the new president Kudos for handling the situation correctly:  giving Navy Seals  permission to kill the fuckers.

This may surprise some of you, but I read a couple of conservative blogs/Web sites. One of my favorites is www.littlegreenfootballs.com. And they get credit for making a very reasoned point about this whole issue...

littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33361_To_Everything_There_is_a_Season

"President Barack Obama is the Commander in Chief of the US armed forces. I certainly don’t agree with a lot of his policies, but I’ll be damned if I won’t — at the very least — respect the office and give him congratulations when it’s deserved. And when the US military succeeds in a critical mission, the CinC deserves congratulations."

I'm also amused at this little Gem from Fox News...

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Even Goldberg is turned off by conservatives foaming at the mouth to criticize the president over every little thing.

So my question to conservatives is this: did Obama do the right thing in this instance?

Does this reassure you about Obama's ability to protect Americans at home and abroad?

Do you agree with other conservatives who are congratulating Obama?
 

Comments

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

Yeah the president should have gone out there on air force one and snipered them himself huh. That's what all the previous presidents did.

[valknott.livejournal.com]

Oh no, that's too easy. He should have SWAM out to the boat from shore, with just a combat knife clenched in his teeth, climbed up on the lifeboat, broke the windows with his fist, climbed in, and knifed all three pirates. But then Rush would complain about the deaths being too gory and the wingnuts would complain about him wasting his time swimming around the ocean when he should be spending time working on cutting taxes for rich folks. Yeah!