Details are emerging from the Obama campaign regarding what would go down as one of America’s greatest foreign policy feats: killing Osama bin Laden. Joe Biden is reported to have advised against the raid chiefly because of its high risks. Among Biden’s major concerns were certainty (or not) regarding the accuracy of bin Laden's location, the security of naval seals and the lasting political ramifications of a failed raid. Can you imagine what would have become of Obama had this gone wrong? Catastrophic. It would have been his equivalent of Carter’s Iranian nightmare and emerged as a major policy nemesis with grave electoral consequences.
Bin Laden’s raid might be old news but hearing Biden’s tale of caution even lends greater weight to Barack’s call. Biden was supposed to be the foreign policy expert here. He was supposed to be the policy wonk acting as a buffer when it came to international affairs. Yet had Obama listened to him, Osama would be alive today.
Again and again Barack Obama has shown that experience, degrees and long trails of paperwork do not necessarily make you a good president. He has shown that to be an effective leader, you need the sixth sense: good judgment. Obama has demonstrated good reflexes, depth of conviction and remarkable instincts. On the strength of his foreign policy accomplishments alone, he deserves to be re-elected. The Republicans have decided to make this election an argument on leadership. On this score alone, Obama wins.
There’s no doubt that Hussein Obama will continue to demonstrate such character, judgment and leadership if granted a second term.
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