ARTICLE: An Early Military Victory for Obama, By Michael D. Shear, Washington Post, April 13, 2009; Page A09ARTICLE: Navy Kills 3 Pirates, Rescues Ship Captain, By Stephanie McCrummen and Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post, April 13, 2009; Page A01
Nice little op, neatly handled, accepting that the delay in response was less than impressive.
But I resist reading too much into the new president's international security street cred on the basis of this minuscule operation.
And please, hearing that Obama took 17 briefings ... That worries more than assures me.
If one hostage commands that much POTUS bandwith, this is not a good sign moving forward, and I sure as hell wouldn't advertise it.
Along those lines, John Robb has a nice post.
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