On the trail

It is outrageous that President Obama is trumpeting his assassination of Osama bin Laden  as a positive campaign issue.  Whether or not there was a discussion of restraining, capturing, arresting, holding for trial, or even "just tuning him up," the President's final order came down as, "Shoot first and ask no questions."  When the Seals met no resistance, they must have been seriously conflicted having to commit premeditated murder without provocation.  It certainly does disturb me that the President proudly takes credit for such an abominable act.

When, as a candidate, the future President said that some old people might just have to be given pain killers because it's too expensive to treat them, I knew he was insensitive, but his willingness to order the cold-blooded execution of anyone makes him no better than the terrorist he killed.  When we're talking about alleged hate crimes, I might put this one at the top of the list.

Nobel Peace Prize, indeed.