As I have been following coverage of the rescue of Capt. Phillips and the reaction from various political site I find some of the reactions less than sincere.
Let me make my own views clear from the start. I think the Navy Seals as well as all of their comrades deserve a major pat on the back. I also think that everyone in the Obama adminstration from the President on down deserve praise for their very effective handling of this crisis.
To that end I am disturbed by some right leaning sites like RedState taking a ‘we can’t give Obama credit for this’ attitude. The fact of the matter is that he is the man in charge, he gave the right orders and he has properly earned some praise.
For any blogger, commentator, etc to state otherwise just because they don’t happen to like Obama is wrong, plain and simple. In this area I agree totally with the left leaning sites.
However I also think those sites are a bit lacking in sincerity when they make the critical comments about Redstate. I would respectfully ask sites like Daily Kos or Huffington Post how they would react if the circumstances were the same but the President was named Bush or McCain ?
I rather suspect they would react just as Red State has, except they would accuse Bush/McCain of being war mongers, murderers, etc. If you look over the prior 8 years you would find that they never gave Bush credit for anything, so for them to condemn the other side for doing the same with Obama is hardly fair.
Fortunately the vast majority of liberals and conservatives are far more sensible that these sites and are able to recognize that right is right and good is good regardless of party.
Well Done Mr. President.