is he missing an opportunity. eugene robinson, and rob christie, welcome to you both. good evening. eugene, he got osama bin laden, he pulled the trigger on the somali pirates, he doubled down in afghanistan. what else did he do here? lots of stuff. he s been pretty good, it seems to me at sending troops overseas to do things. by traditional republican standards, how is obama doing as a war president? well, what he has done, i would say, ron, is neutralized the traditional republican attack on democrats that they are wusses who can t be trusted to defend america or project american military force the way republicans would. clearly obama is not hesitant to do so, and he s clearly rather skillful at doing so, because he s had these successes. i think that s the major political impact. ron, if george w. bush, or for that matter mitt romney had somehow nail osama bin laden orring flying those drone missions over pakistan, what would republicans be saying?
laden, he pulled the trigger on the somali pirates, he doubled down in afghanistan. what else did he do here? lots of stuff. he s been pretty good, it seems to me at sending troops overseas to do things. by traditional republican standards, how is obama doing as a war president? well, what he has done, i would say, ron, is neutralized the traditional republican attack on democrats that they are wusses who can t be trusted to defend america or project american military force the way republicans would. clearly obama is knolls hesitant to do so, and he s clearly rather skillful at doing so, because he s had these successes. i think that s the major political impact. ron, if george w. bush, or for that matter mitt romney had somehow nail osama bin laden orring flying those drone
the somali pirates, he doubled down in afghanistan. what else did he do here? lots of stuff. he s been pretty good, it seems to me at sending troops overseas to do things. by traditional republican standards, how is obama doing as a war president? well, what he has done, i would say, ron, is neutralized the traditional republican attack on democrats that they are wusses who can t be trusted to defend america or project american military force the way republicans would. clearly obama is knolls hesitant to do so, and he s clearly rather skillful at doing so, because he s had these successes. i think that s the major political impact. ron, if george w. bush, or for that matter mitt romney had somehow nail osama bin laden orring flying those drone missions over pakistan, what