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
welcome back to hardball. this was of course the president on may 1st of this year. as far as libya, the president said this on monday. in which is clear, the gadhafi regime is coming to an end, and the future of libya is in the hands of its people. his succeeds as a war president is unquestionable, initial to helping to take out two of the world s most well-known terrorists, he s presided over troof, and the wind-down in iraq, yet he seems reluctant to fully embrace the role as a war president. 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