Obama's Osama Moment

I am very happy that Osama has been gunned down. I think the US military and the (deservedly) much-maligned CIA deserve a lot of credit. They conducted what appears to be a classic Hollywood-style operation. They kept it secret; they kept the damage to a minimum; they all came back alive; they got their target.

Disregard the nonsense you will hear about this action strengthening the Islamists: this is a major blow against AQ, one that will have huge repercussions not only in what's left of the organization, but throughout the "Islamist Community" (Is that the politically correct phrase? I don't want to insult anybody.)  If, in fact, the death of Islamist leaders only strengthens the cause, then, I, humbly suggest, they do their a cause a favor, and all die.  It would be a win-win, no?

Obama couldn't help being Obama. His way-too-long statement last night was about--who else?--Obama. "I," "at my direction," and on and on . . . One can only think about how President Bush would have handled it: he would have given credit to the brave and skilled people who carried out the operation, and gotten off stage in about 5 minutes. He was a class act; Obama is not.  Obama, after all, was only carrying out the policy developed and signed off by President Bush.

Anyhow, good riddance to bin Laden. My apologies to the virgins.