Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: quehubo who wrote (108473)	4/12/2009 5:30:55 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541761

It's better than inertia, which is what the Fantasy President crowd would have predicted based on their general characterizations. But I would definitely like to see some hot pursuit of the pirates back into their lairs. With an attack on a US-flagged vessel, we are totally entitled to self-defense. And if we don't see that, I won't lose sleep thinking we have abandoned defense of the homeland either. It's a judgment call move.

To: quehubo who wrote (108473)	4/12/2009 7:56:15 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541761

>>Reacting to this situation with the pirates was not much to crow about. If Obama turns the USN loose to do something more proactive perhaps that would be leadership worth noting. No doubt the military has some targets in mind, along with some more aggressive proactive solutions.<< Quehubo - It wasn't anything to criticize, either. Obama kept the focus off of himself throughout situation, which was the right thing to do, and the Navy did the right thing by not overplaying their hand. Once the situation was resolved, Obama committed the US to strengthening international cooperation against this kind of piracy. Which was, again, the right thing to do. All of that may not be anything to crow about, but it's nice to have a President who does his job properly, without swaggering, smirking, and blustering. - Allen