The Story of a Successful Rescue (and the Obama Adminstration’s Attempt to Claim Credit)
Oh, it is a very good thing that these people are dead. TSNK and others can live in their land of lollipop bushes and licorice trees but there are some people who deserve and need to die.
I hope that PETA is aware that no parrots were harmed in this shooting.
Seriously, the fact that Obama felt it neccessary to cover his ass with two legal findings says everything about him and his administration. The standing rules of force and the laws of the sea require no supplementation on his part. The fact that he needed to further restrict the actions of the commander on the ground displays a timidity and risk aversion that turns my stomach.
Any one of those SEALs could have easily died on that jump into the water. And to sit on their asses until they had to react instead of executing their plan? The risk to the Captain increased exponentially with that (lack of) decision on Barry’s part. It is only the SEALs’ skill at arms that saved the Captain’s life; that and the huevos of the commander on the ground to make the right call IN TIME for it to do any good.
Save your protestations in defense of Obama. Unless you’ve been on the other end you don’t have any understanding of the guts and skill it took to make up for this administrations attempt to negotiate with terrorists.
