“Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but what the hell happened to “The buck stops here”? President Barack Obama is the Commander in Chief of the US armed forces. I certainly don’t agree with a lot of his policies, but I’ll be damned if I won’t — at the very least — respect the office and give him congratulations when it’s deserved. And when the US military succeeds in a critical mission, the CinC deserves congratulations.
There is way too much mean-spiritedness in modern politics, and I for one am totally sick of it. And disappointed in those few LGF lizards who can’t find it in themselves to be gracious and say, “Well done.”
Take a step back from the brink, folks. Oppose Obama’s policies all you like, but be the loyal opposition, not a bunch of ranting haters. The Internet already has more than enough of those. And that’s my screed for the evening”
These are the words of Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs. Little Green Footballs normally is a toxic right wing hate site, spewing forth the normal right wing lies about our President. It is nice to see some reasonable comments there once and a while.
There are some times when a President you do not respect, do not like and do not agree with does do a good thing. And normally, it occurs in the arena of foreign policy. I remember after September 11, 2001, when President Bush stood on the pile and said “We can hear you, I can hear you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear from all of us soon!” I shouted in agreement. And Bush did the right thing in going into Afghanistan to evict the Taliban and capture Osama Bin Laden. My agreement with Bush ended at Tora Bora and the decision to go after Iraq in 2002.
Indeed, can you imagine how different his Presidency would have been had he not let Bin Laden go at Tora Bora, or if he had kept the focus on Afghanistan and ignored the neocons?