ANN ALTHOUSE: I voted for Obama because I thought he’d be tougher on terrorists. And I was right!

Related: Germans Criticize Angela Merkel for Saying She’s Glad Osama Is Dead. Boy, we sure pacified them. To a fault, perhaps. I take more the traditional Scots-Irish view of such things.

UPDATE: I’m with the Dalai Lama.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Prof. Stephen Clark emails: “I read of that criticism of Merkel earlier and found myself thinking how very different America remains from Europe. Despite the fervent hopes of a certain class of folks in our country, it remains thus, and likely ever will; no doubt to their considerable frustration. I take some small measure of pleasure when meditating on this.”