We have a leader. Unfortunately, he is the captain of a merchant ship and not in our White House, but we have a leader. Now we just need to figure out how to convince the voters that a leader is a good thing ... even better than a druggie who speaks well from the teleprompter.
You must include the CO of the Bainbridge as a hero. His explanation that the pirates were pointing an AK at the cap’t is nice, but i would guess they’d pointed a weapon at him for 119 of the last 120 hours. The Capt of the Bainbridge took it upon himself to declare the hostage’s life in danger as a way of letting the snipers end this and still complying with Obama’s straightjacket RoEs. If they’d missed and Phillips was killed Obama would have had the COs head on a plate, just as he’s taking the credit now.The Bainbridge CO put his career and Phillips’ life in the hands of those SEALS. Talk about confidence.