The wages of appeasement
http://dervishcom.blogspot.com/2011/12/wages-of-appeasement.html
"Ask Osama bin Laden . . . whether I engage in appeasement."
— Barack Obama, Dec. 8
Fair enough. Barack Obama didn't appease Osama bin Laden. He killed him. And for ordering the raid and taking the risk, Obama deserves credit. Credit for decisiveness and political courage.
However, the bin Laden case was no test of policy. No serious person of either party ever suggested negotiation or concession. Obama demonstrated decisiveness, but forgoing a non-option says nothing about the soundness of one's foreign policy. That comes into play when there are choices to be made.
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