WALTER RUSSELL MEAD DEFENDS OBAMA against charges that the President is an “assassin.” But Mead also observes:

The President has created some of the confusion in our debate. Frequently during the campaign, sometimes even in office, he has spoken as if he is the head of a criminal investigation team. When it comes to actual decisions, however, he acts like a military leader at war. Greenwald and Paul appear to believe that he is a policeman and needs to start acting more like one; I believe he is a war leader and needs to start talking more like one.

An odd omission for such a famous communicator.

UPDATE: Brian Dunn on responsibility to protect.