No Guts; No Glory

Let me be very clear here; I sincerely congratulate President Obama on his recent summary execution of Osama Bid Laden. Due to his seemingly terrible karma, I am both pleased and surprised that the Navy Seals accomplished their almost impossible mission without any collateral damage or casualties suffered by the assault team. No miranda warnings needed, as Osama was pre-emptorily granted his right to remain silent, permanently. So neat and tidy.

Clearly, the President is now on a roll in "Being the Man"; indeed, in the same weekend that he off'd the planet's most wanted terrorist, he also clobbered "the Donald" at the Washington Correspondents' Dinner. When his oral assault on Trump had ended, not even the Donald's hair was unbent or unbruised. Truly, this amount of vitriolic ridicule was unbecoming of a Chief Executive, particularly when directed at a "carnival barker", who's status as a periodic irritant was unworthy of such elevated attention.

Now, Osama was clearly worthy of Commander-in-Chief's attention, and the personal time spent on this effort was commeasorate to the task at hand. Capture and interrogation was the actual stated goal of this special forces operation, so when analyzed in that context, it was not as perfectly accomplished as we are being told. Nor was it the "amazingly gutsy call" that only a President willing to take great risks could have made. Osama was discovered, not in an isolated mountain village or cave, but rather in an urban center in which thousands of top Pakistani military leaders live and work. Pakistan's military controls dozens, if not hundreds, of nuclear bombs. Had the President authorized the bombing of Osama's three story building and the resultant explosions caused the death of even one General's child playing in the yard next to this compound, the consequences could have been dire indeed. Imagine what the reaction from Pakistan would have been had an errant cruise missile wiped out next year's graduating class at their West Point Academy, located less than one-half mile from the target.

Hey, the Seals were expendable after all. Why, just last year, this Administration court- martialled three Seals for allegedly slapping a captured terrorist, so putting Seal Team Six in harm's way, with the unequivocal understanding that no prisoners would be slapped around, was just another day's work for these super soldiers. Just want to emphasize that these American heroes should all get medals and not be subjected to "Holderesk" justice.