...and why Obama said to Panetta "Good Job" tonight as he ws walking up to the podium to deliver the State of the Union Address. From Reuters:
U.S. helicopters swooped into Somalia Wednesday and rescued an American and a Dane after a shootout with pirates holding them hostage, in a rare raid into the Horn of Africa nation to free foreign captives.
Yep, as Bill Maher said, Barack Obama is one efficient, steely-nerved, multitasking, black ninja gangster president. So like he did by going up on stage to dump on the Trump at the Correspondence dinner last year knowing that the SEALs were going in to take out Bin Ladin:
NBC News, citing U.S. officials, reported that two teams of U.S. Navy SEALs landed by helicopter and rescued the hostages after a gun battle with the kidnappers. The freed hostages were taken by helicopter to an undisclosed location, NBC reported.
President Barack Obama was overheard congratulating Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, apparently for the success of the rescue operation, as Obama entered the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday night to give his annual State of the Union speech.
"Leon. Good job tonight. Good job tonight," Obama said. He did not mention the rescue during his speech.
But yeah... Obama is such a wimp.
;-)