Well done, special forces troops. Well done, President Obama:
American commandos killed one of the most wanted Islamic militants in Africa in a daylight raid in southern Somalia on Monday, according to American and Somali officials, an indication of the Obama administration’s willingness to use combat troops strategically against Al Qaeda’s growing influence in the region.
Western intelligence agents have described the militant, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, as the ringleader of a Qaeda cell in Kenya responsible for the bombing of an Israeli hotel on the Kenyan coast in 2002. Mr. Nabhan may have also played a role in the attacks on two American embassies in East Africa in 1998.
The eighth anniversary of 9/11 was three years ago and the President is using the military to minimize the chances of another attack on American soil, while striving to avoid collateral damage when possible:
One American adviser said the decision to use commandos and not long-range missiles in this case may reflect a shift by the Obama administration to go to greater lengths to avoid civilian deaths. In the past, many Somali villagers have been killed by American missiles.
I know there are many disagreements about when we should and shouldn't use our military, but I for one and glad President Obama is killing Al-Qaeda terrorists.