USA Today: Obama Thwarts Pirates While Trying To ‘Trim The Pentagon Budget’

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We haven’t had much to say about the now-resolved pirate hostage situation off the coast of Somalia. It’s not really our bailiwick. But much of the rest of the media has been All Pirates All The Time for the last several days, and since the stand-off was resolved by the Navy at a time when the administration is trying to overhaul the U.S. military, the spending cut meme was destined to rear its ugly head:

At a time when the president is trying to trim the Pentagon budget, the political consequences for Obama could have been dire. Instead, he’s presiding over a triumphant rescue.

Needless to say, none of the administration’s proposed changes involves reducing the ranks of the Navy SEALs, whom we have to thank for staging the rescue.

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