They’re testing him, as they would have tested any new US President. Give him a chance. He was a bit too hesitant with round one, but we still ended up with all the crew of the US ship fine, and 3 of the 4 pirates dead (with the fourth in our custody and apparently just a kid). The sharpshooters put on a fine show, and for all the public bravado from the pirate leaders (if in fact there’s really any organized leadership) about “revenge”, you can be sure the chatter among the rank and file pirates is about the US Navy SEAL sharpshooters and not about “revenge”.
Give him a chance? Seriously? He had a chance when he groveled via his youtube video to the Mullahs in Tehran. He had a chance when he had his moronic VP basically warn Israel in a public forum against defending herself. He had a chance when he let the Norks fire a missile over our close ally, Japan, and another chance when he couldn't even get a condemnation from the UN Security Council for that act.
Sorry, but rogue nations and evil dictators test new Presidents...not four dingy pirates in a boat. The idea that the very real brilliance displayed by those Navy SEAL sharpshooters somehow translates into Barry being viewed as even remotely tough by the dictatorial nutters of the world is laughable.
The sheeple who buy what the MSM is selling may see Obama's "strong and steady hand of leadership" in this pirate fiasco, but Kim Jong Il, Imadinnerjacket and Bad Vlad Putin aren't fooled one bit.
/Morning rant off.
As though there's an alternative?
My point was sound. This is Obama's war. It's not Iraq, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, the Taliban (although they are Muslim...); it's not a situation he inherited other than it has been going on perpetually. An American ship was boarded and the sailors taken hostage on his watch. What transpired over the weekend is only the beginning salvo aimed at America, and how he/America reacts will be shown by the outcome. But it's his war.
I pray America does well.