[Kenny Bunk]

POTUS (locum tenens) played this just right for himself. Had this affair gone badly (i.e., a dead Phillips) it would have been the Navy's fault.

When he finally gave his carefully parsed "Permission to Shoot," the rather vague words still left that "it's the Navy's fault" option wide open.

Now that it's over, Obama be the hero. Call me cynical, but IMHO, our POTUS (Pro Tem) is positioning himself as a "Wartime Leader." Remember "The Last refuge of a scoundrel is patriotism?"

This guy isn't going to wait that long.

[Cicero]

Every major war America fought in the twentieth century was declared by a Democrat, many of whom ran on anti-war planks.

Like clinton, Obama will predicatably get us into some useless war on the wrong side, and everyone will rally round.

I think he needs some excuse to bring a few million Somalis to the U.S. and put them on welfare.