The Times: Interesting article asking if President Obama will stop being compared to President Jimmy Carter after he gave the green light for the US Navy to kill the Somali Pirates holding a US hostage. Lets to be fair to Carter, he did authorize the military to attempt to rescue the hostages held in Iran, the mission failed, one of the reasons for his defeat in 1980. Also the hostages had been on land, not the sea, hard job. Many respects Obama got lucky, if the hostage had been taken on land it would have been difficult for Obama to get him back, Carter and Reagan had that problem. Thus one order does not make him another Jimmy Carter, lets see how he does with Afghanistan and Iraq. Also lets see how he deals with the future problem of Iran and its nuclear ambitions.
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