Well, Robo, expresso 'er not, yeah, I'll be the first to admit that Obama took that fast ball and put it over the fence... Bush never hit one so clean...

But the larger question to me is why take the shot in the first place...

Just follow my thinking here: It's kinda like why did the US drop a nuclear bomb on Japan??? Well, IMHO, they didn't have to... They could have just dropped it off shore and more than likely would have gotten the Japanese attention BIG time... So Obama had 2 choices this past week:

1. Jam Ackmadingaling, force Achmadingaling to dangle and twist in the wind or...

...2. Have a private talk with Ach-ie, lay out the scenerio that unfolded, look the man in the eye and ask him for his help in resolving some serious differences in solving these little problems...

The Obama I voted and worked for would have taken the 2nd option...

Yeah, I understand that Obama is trying to show the Republican base that he is some tough guy but who cares... Those folks have allready written him off as some kinda socialist Islamist terrorist...

Obama's best bets are to work one-on-one with folks and get some stuff working behind the scenes... That's diplomacy... Not show-boating...

B~