This blog has been critical of President Obama's administration since its beginning. His wrongheaded handling of the economy has contributed to a European style high unemployment, no growth economy. His inverted approach in foreign policy has emboldened our enemies (see recent Iranian moves to put warships off our coast) and left our friends, particularly Israel, adrift. After castigating the Bush administration for its handling of the post invasion phase of Iraq, we are now left wondering where 20,000 surface to air missles went after our participation in the Libyan civil war.But I give credit where credit is due. Despite hand wringing and caterwauling from quarters, we bagged another big one. Drones took out Anwar al-Awlaki, the leader of al Qaeda in Yemen and the person from whom the "underwear bomber" and the Fort Hood killer drew their inspiration. This blog congratulates this administration for persevering despite his putative status as an American citizen. The message now is clear, almost Bushian, "No matter what jersey you wear, no matter where you are, no matter how hardened you think your security circles are, we will find you and we will turn you into a little charred spot in the road if you plot or encourage others to kill our citizens."
Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki, Atiya Abd al-Rahman (al Qaeda #2 guy). No hesitation. No long legal process. No appeals. No media circus. Just a buzz in the sky and a smoking hole in the road.
Nicely done.
