Posted by
AuVox on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:35:25 AM
Finally, proof of Obama's gravitas? Turns out, maybe
not so much.
Really...what should have been resolved in a few hours dragged on into a four-day embarrassment with three of Somalia's finest holding off the US military. This smacks of a President-Caught-In-The-Headlights, and although the media painted it as a "distraction"--such a minor one, in fact, that the (newspaper-formerly-known-as-credible) Los Angeles Times didn't even mention it on Sunday's front page--it was in fact a real test of the seriousness and responsiveness of the United States v. Terrorists (excuse me, "manners-challenged" or whatever the Democrats are calling it these days) in the eyes of the world.
There are plenty of nations this weeks calculating just how much they can get away with in dealing with America under Obama. Clearly, the international risk-assessment has shifted.
As usual however, when called upon, the US Navy SEALs proved why the United States Military is not to be effed with.