Those “3am” calls Hillary talked about just seem to keep coming. NK missile test. First American flagged vessel overtaken by pirates in over 200 years. Obama’s response; declines comment, no response and no action. Hillary laughs. Robert Gibbs on the subject: “ah, um, ah, well.” Obama doesn’t even offer a prayer for the safety of Captain Richard Phillips, instead, outsourced the issue to minor funtionaries
Advisers say he’s leaving the heavy lifting — and, clearly, the commenting — to high-level administration officials and his military commanders.
As the current saying goes “what would the Left say if this was Bush in charge?” Certainly not a conference in the kiddie playground.
Meanwhile, pirate test 2
Pirates captured a U.S.-owned and Italian-flagged tugboat with 16 crew including 10 Italians on Saturday in the latest hijacking in the busy Gulf of Aden.
“We can confirm that 10 Italians were kidnapped but we have no further details,” an Italian foreign ministry official said.
I guess we’ll have to wait to see if the Obama administration, which, last time I looked, was Constitutionally charged with defending American citizens and property, will even comment, much less do anything. Will anyone do something about the 260+ hostages that pirates are holding? Pretty sad when the French government has more cajones then the American government.
And, of course, the day wouldn’t be complete without a progressive making excuses for the pirates. Piracy may be somewhat romantic, and cool in the movies (FYI: my blog and screen name come from having gone to East Carolina U, the home of the pirates, not because I think piracy is great,) but, in reality, it is something that needs to be stamped out.
And another who goes with the tired old “let’s blame Bush.”
Others: Pajamas Media, The Strata-Sphere, A Blog For All, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Ace, and The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room
