President Obama Strikes Pakistan
It appears President Obama is living up to his word, and striking inside Pakistan when there is actionable intel, and Pakistan is "unwilling or unable" to respond. http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/01/23/asia/OUKWD-UK-PAKISTAN-MISSILES.php
What do we think of this? On the same day as he orders a process for Guantanamo to close, he takes ruthless offensive action against enemies of the Unites States.
This is evidence of an intelligent and a strong Foreign Policy, "carrots and sticks", as Candidate Obama would often refer to it last Fall. Now, President Obama is delivering on his promises, handing the World a carrot by closing Gitmo, and smacking some troublemakers with a unmanned stick in Pakistan. It is this sort of nuanced policy that has been missing the past 8 years.
It is an odd feeling. It is terribly sobering to this moment of joy and expectation knowing that we must take lives in far-off places to protect ourselves, and that our young president is ultimately responsible. But it is at the same time heartening to know that this young president, in whom we have placed so much trust, is ultimately responsible. The hopes and dreams, and fears, of this Nation are weighing on his shoulders, and though slender, they have so far proved to be firm.











