After further reflection, I am impressed with the political courage of President Obama.
The president made what many are describing as a "very gutsy call" in sending U.S. Navy SEALS by helicopter to kill or capture Osama bin-Laden.
I have to agree - and I have a new found respect for our Commander-in-Chief's decision making. Helicopters are notoriously dangerous equipment, and given President Carter's experience in the Iran Hostage Crisis, one could see how the president might rely on long range missiles or drones. But killing innocent people to avenge the murder (or bring justice, whatever term of art you will) of innocent people, which is what missiles do, seems altogether unacceptable.
It WAS a gutsy call, and we must give credit where credit is due. A president is first and foremost our Commander-in-Chief, and this president just proved he has the stuff to make very tough decisions. This could have easily gone very wrong, and the president would have had to answer for that at the polls in what will be a bruising election.
Also, I mentioned that there will be unintended consequences - such as ambush of American service personnel in Af-stan. To be fair to the president, I do not think that this "gutsy call" has been lost on a great many other adversaries - open or otherwise. Having a president knocking around the White House with some steel in his spine is worth more than a couple of fancy weapon's systems.
Hail to the Chief!!