What a great way to start this web log than the news that Usama bin Laden is dead. President Obama is announcing his death as I write, & despite my criticism of Obama in the past (& I'm sure in the future on other topics), I have to give him credit where credit is due. He's now saying that we sent in troops to nail him, not a Predator strike. That alone is a major step - Obama previously having said that no US troops would be used in strikes inside Pakistan. I'm anxious to see how the story unfolds.
Update: Nothing in the speech indicates a Churchillian attitude about continuing the struggle (such as “This is a war of the unknown warriors; but let us all strive without failing in faith or in duty . . . .”). I'm concerned about calls to pack up our tents & go home. We had to collect on this one, but it's far from over.
I was glad to hear him quote from the pledge of allegiance, including the phrase "under God". Those words have been conspicuously absent in the past. Aware of the approaching campaign season?
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