Credit is due

Thank God for the U.S. Navy, especially Cmdr Frank Castellano of the USS Bainbridge, who rescued Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama, and inflicted an appropriate punishment on the pirates who had kidnapped him. The part of the story involving President Obama's direct participation in the event is unclear, but he didn't deter it, so he deserves credit for allowing the U.S. to maintain its dominant status in the world.

This is a good example of the government's main responsibility -- protecting its citizens from criminals, foreign and domestic. Thank you, President Obama; you can be proud to be an American, this time.