And I'm just as comfortable saying you are a hypocrite. I am guilty of pointing out to an elated pinhead, that if his ideological policies had been carried out, this would have never happened. The ONE entity who deserves ZERO credit here, is LIBERALISM! I can handle giving Obama due credit, I agree with bravo, it's commendable that Obama ignored the liberals and continued BUSH'S policies in the war on terror. And while I am sure this will boost Obama's standing with independent hawks, I don't believe it guarantees him re-election, and I think it would be a catastrophic political mistake to strut around with his chest poked out taking full credit for this... One thing that bugged me in his speech last night, he gave not one mention of David Petraeus, or Leon Panetta, and the efforts they put in to this.
We can either have a "come together moment" here, or we can turn this into another political football game... Giving Obama all the accolades while trying to diminish Bush, is playing political football games. Credit to Obama for following through with a plan like this, but the plan itself, was probably devised long before we even knew who Obama was. It was carried out by intricately-trained military personnel, who will be the first to tell you, it could have all gone very badly in the blink of an eye. My profound appreciation goes to those guys who made this happen, regardless of what political windfall Obama may get from it. I am intelligent enough to realize Obama didn't pull the freaking trigger or command the Seals. He did, at least, have the balls to DO SOMETHING! To that, I have to give Obama credit, it took some level of courage to give the orders.