Obama certainly didn’t gain anything by going after Joe the Plumber. In fact, given McCain’s stupidity, it was almost the only negative publicity he got during the last stages of the campaign.
So the question is, is he going to be smart, or vindictive? Given the fact that he’s well trained in the Chicago Way, I wouldn’t be entirely hopeful, but even mobsters and narcissists can learn sometimes that it’s best just to let it go.
now the captured pirate will get a day in US courts (should be military court, where death is outcome)
the pirates youth will be used as a defense (of course some of the saliors in the navy are 18 years old, are they youths also, incapable of making adult choices??)
even if this pirate gets life in a us prison (something tells me he will get a lot less, and will be lawyered up with liberal help) we end up paying for his trial,a nd inprisonment.
he should have been dumped into the ocean.
guess now we can look forward to a pirate hostage taking for exchange.
kill them where we find them, take no prisoners