Those that know me personally can attest to the fact that you won't hear me saying those words very often. In light of the recent killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, however, I have to take my hat off to the president and commend him for making the right call when it counted most. A lot of people on the far right, before the events of last weekend, were probably thinking that if given the chance, Obama would have attempted to capture bin Laden alive, bring him to the states, give him a civilian trial, grant him the rights of a U.S. citizen, etc, etc. Quite to the contrary, Obama ordered him killed, keeping U.S. forces from unnecessary danger and giving bin Laden what he undoubtedly had coming to him. I believe this sent a message, if it wasn't evident before, that keeping America safe is the President's top priority.
The main criticism of the operation is that U.S. forces moved into Pakistan to conduct the raid. To this, I would say that from the very beginning Pakistan has been somewhat of an unwilling ally in the war on terror. When the most wanted man on the planet is living thirty miles from a Pakistani military base, and mysteriously no one knows about it, something isn't right. It is quite obvious that there are members of the Pakistani government and military that were and are sympathetic to bin Laden's cause, therefore the only way to be sure of his elimination was to move in ourselves.
So ya, like I said, good call Obama.
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