A trenchant observation on Dan’s earlier question; Who owns bin Laden’s death

3May/110

A trenchant observation on Dan’s earlier question; Who owns bin Laden’s death

Provided by our Pal Carin, in a comment thread over at Protein Wisdom that is part of a post by Darleen Click on Obama's impending "Victory Lap", paraphrased, it goes something like this:

Economy still sputtering after two plus years in office, trillions of dollars spent, and socialist tinkering? Yeah, it’s Bush’s mess...

But Osama Bin Laden killed in a raid that was facilitated by intelligence gathered beginning in 2005? Why clearly that is Obama's doing alone!

Sadly, this has largely been the response of the cognoscenti and punditry on the left. Instead of celebrating the moment together, a sweet victory that should be larger than politics, they are instead using the opportunity to try and re-affirm their "official" Narrative™ of the last 8 years; that Bush willfully dithered on a neo-con adventure when he could have quickly gotten Bin Laden the whole time. It's only been a little more than 24 hours, and yet, if I had a nickel for every comment about Obama's ability to nab ObL, "zOMG! In Just 2 Years!11!1!", I'd be a wealthy man indeed.

By this twisted logic, FDR wouldn't receive any honorable mention, since Truman was the President when WWII came to an end! This thought experiment demonstrates the ridiculousness of their attempts to rehabilitate Mr. Obama's failed foreign policy via this one event, and I encourage our readers to avail themselves of it rhetorically.

And to our ideological opponents I offer a word of caution. The American people are not stupid, and your 5th column in the 4th estate is no longer the gatekeeper of information in our society. Your attempts to over-reach will be seen for what they are, and you will suffer instead of gain from the charade. Most folks join me in fairly giving credit to Mr. Obama for green-lighting the raid on Bin Laden's compond in Pakistan, but will reject the fatuous notion that the credit is his alone.

The real heroes of the day are the SEALs who put it on the line, and suggest that our friends across the aisle act accordingly, and quit trying to frame it as being an outgrowth of Mr. Obama's actions alone...

And make a point of savoring more of Carin's unique wit and insights at her own site, you won't be sorry that you did.