[boop]

I've never bought the "exchange" Stevens for the Blind Sheik theory.

That would NOT have made Obama look good. It would have made him look weak and pathetic.

Plus it would be open season on kidnapping MORE ambassadors.

[okie01]

That would NOT have made Obama look good. It would have made him look weak and pathetic.

To you and me, perhaps.

But to his base? And the "moderates"? And the media?

I think not.