And Carter ordered Desert One. Your point? Kennedy said after the Bay of Pigs debacle that Success has 100 fathers and Failure is an orphan. This thing came way close to being a fumble, but I doubt Barry would have had the class Carter had to take the blame.

I think most folks, except the Hallelujah Choir, see the UBL thing for what it was. Gutsy call on the POTUS's part, but that capital has been spent. Really quickly, too. I have to say I'm not sure why. He really only managed to pull about a week of honeymoon and then it was gone. I think a lot had to do with the refusal to release the photos and the insistence on letting us know he was buried in a proper Muslim way. "Not spiking the ball", I think the bastard called it.

You're right. He is no Jimmy Carter.