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To: Rambi who wrote (108605)	4/13/2009 2:22:24 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 541842

Of course it's a victory and the President gets credit for being Commander in Chief when the military performs well as they did. But, let's not get all caught up in what an amazing cool-headed decision it was and so forth. I hope he simply gave the on-scene Commander the freedom to act, based on his best judgment in dealing with the ordeal. And the Commander made the tough call to shoot. I suspect the Administration lap-dogs and willing press will feel a need to spin the story into some incredible management by Obama sitting in the Oval Office, while he multi-tasked fixing the planets ecosystem at the same time. I look a for story from the near bancrupt N.Y. Times tomorrow echoing the sentiment, with "tested under fire" being highlighted as many times as possible. Many seem to forget there's a real war going on. Where life and death decisions are being made every single day by Senior leadership, including the President. The need for Obama supporters to have the RW cheer him at every turn, hints at a strange form of insecurity. In four years, I hope we'll have the same capability to route a vessel to the shores of Somali on short notice, and let well trained Seals take out scum. That's the real question and what largely doomed the Carter administration.