[kabar]

Obama's order to proceed with the operation to capture/kill Osama Bin Laden will be coined as one of the greatest Presidential decisions in America history.

More hyperbole. Besides the fact that we were going after a ragtag, third world terrorist who ran from hiding in caves to living in "mansions," what other decision could he have made? 60% to 80% chance of getting OBL? I would say that if he decided not to go, that would be news.

The idea that this decision is " one of the greatest Presidential decisions in America history" is ludicrous on the face of it. How about the decision to drop the atomic bomb? The D-Day invasion? The decision to stop the Southern states from seceding? The Louisiana Purchase? To go to Korea? To invade Iraq? I could go on and on about far more momentous decisions than this one.

In terms of sheer audacity and courage, the Doolittle mission to bomb Tokyo is hard to top.

[Mr. Bird]

I'm with you. I keep hearing words like "gutsy" and "courageous", but they keep modifying the wrong person. Most certainly such words should be applied to our fighting forces. But to Obama? Politically gutsy? To a point, I suppose. But only if he thought that Team 6 (or whoever they are) were legitimately at risk of absolute failure. And if that were the case, I would call the decision irresponsible, not gutsy.

With that said, good on him. He did the right thing, and if he enjoys some political benefit in the short term, so be it. But the hyperbolic descriptions of Obama's every action are just so tiresome.