Mission Accomplished Minus the Aircraft Carrier

Quote of the Day via Balloon Juice:

Multiple news outlets are reporting that the United States military killed that motherfucker—and on the anniversary of Bush’s famed “Mission Accomplished” photo op.

Not a bad week for our Kenyan-in-Chief.

It was about time.

I am generally skeptical about the ongoing nation building in Iraq (though this is winding down), Libya and Afghanistan. Mesopotamia was never going to be remade into the democratic paradise known as Mississippi on our time schedule. The Same is True with the other theaters. As the Burkeans would say (unless they are promoting war): things are the way they are for a reason – don’t mess with it. But it looks like Obama’s strategy to stabilize Pakistan by occupying Afghanistan has paid at least some dividends.