Why Obama's Action Against the Somali Pirates Matters

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thinker, if you are going to give credit for the obama intelligence that resulted in victory, then he must take responsibility for the 4 deaths that just ocurred.

professor of NV 11:05AM February 22, 2011

From day one when President Obama stepped into to office he has done a wonderful job. He went in with his boxing gloves on so to speak. He didn't go in with his focus on one or two issues he plunged into them all. Some spoke of his lack of experience..... He has been handeling issues for our nation LIKE AN EXPERT!!! PRESIDENT OBAMA KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! People you have to remember he stepped into a waste field & it takes time to clean and sanitize things to make this nation come together in every aspect.

U.S. Citizen of TX 9:08AM June 22, 2009

He didn't go becouse he didn't CARE bottom line.

earlray of NC 11:27AM June 06, 2009

I guess it takes someone in the military to insist that the only way to deal with "the deeply rooted mindset of the Taliban, Iran, North Korea, Russia, China ..." is by force. If you would just take a minute to think (like your more intelligent President Obama) the bloody list will always go on if Americans think the only way to deal with looming threats is to throw a punch!
Plus, why shouldn't the credit go to Obama? The military serves the nation, right? The nation's leader is Obama, right? In a situation that requires intelligence and force, the inclination is to note the intelligence because force alone is nothing. Just like you can't win a golf game by hitting the balls hard, you cannot seek victory (in the long run) by mere force.

Thinker 7:12AM June 04, 2009

its ironic that people past so much judgment on a president who move decisively, and prestige, people get mad, sometimes message have to be sent to be heard, and i commended obama for his decision.

jumel of NY 7:38PM May 20, 2009

Its very ignorant of you to say that Bush didn't go to New Orleans after Katrina happened because there was a bunch of thugs parading the streets with guns. I think we all know that the majority of New Orleans population is black. Would those people have been thugs if they where white?

Sara Brown of WA 4:15PM May 14, 2009

It is interesting how the media is so quick to give the President credit for quelling the incident. First, the military needs to be authorized only once to strike. Second, ALL of the credit is due to the U.S. Naval Special Warfare operators that train relentlessly to be able to make a shot from a pitching deck, in dwindling light conditions, and the risk of sending a bullet six inches past a hostage's head. They were three for three.
As a former Marine Scout/Sniper, I understand the shot these guys had to make. The Obama administration should have a placed any and all credit on the U.S. Navy. And not merely lip service, which is the tone I gather.
You call this a trial for the Obama Administration?? Think for a minute about the challenges that faced the Bush Administration; 9/11, the go/no go for Iraq and Afghanistan, natural disasters, virulent, ad hominem attacks from the media. The President was accused for not setting foot in New orleans following the disaster. How could he with a bunch of thugs parading the streets with guns? Perhaps if they didn't act like aimals, he could have acted more swiftly.
Look ahead to Pakistan. The descision now facing Obama is one that faced Bush in 2001/02. The Taliban are now 60 miles in closing from Karachi, where nukes-a-plenty are present. WE KNOW there are nukes there. Let us see then, the size of the Obama pair, if he can trade popularity for security. If he can trade American lives for the safety of this nation. Or wait a minute, will he use his charm to win the Taliban to his heart?
Tell me, what sentence can Obama form that will reverse the deeply rooted mindset of the Taliban, Iran, North Korea, Russia, China, the list continues.
Will he send them a reset(overdrive) button too??
I think we may have a Neville Chamberlain on our hands.

Bill Brasky of FL 10:29AM May 06, 2009

Lets see, 3 dead pirates on Obama's approval. Is that torture? Need to ask Pelosi about that torture, was she not a cheerleader? What goes around comes around.

minnie of TX 7:14AM May 02, 2009

Surprising that BHP hasn't issued an apology to the pirates yet.

Bill of CA 4:14PM April 30, 2009

Are you shilling for Michelle Malkin?
Let's see:
>Three dead pirates;
>One pirate on trial in US Federal Court;
>No friendly casualties;
Yep. That's what a dim-bulb neocon calls a failure.
Your SEAL buddies in VA Beach--they're stationed in the zoo playing horns for fish?

twistedFem of VA 8:17PM April 27, 2009