[TheRealThing]

I will also concede as a soldier, Obama has earned the military's respect. There have been blunders, like this latest taliban trade.... However, for the most part, his military approval on military issues is probably 75% or more. Pay has increased, equipment inventories grow, he followed the Bush SOFA agreement to the tee, implemented a surge in afghanistan, greatly expanded the highly successful drone strike program, widened the net of the war on terror into africa and other middle eastern naations previously limited..... Authorizing the Bin Laden raid was brilliant and took guts. I can only imagine what would have happened had SOAR and seal team 6 and CIA S.A.D. been ambushed and the mission failed, resulting in deaths on foreign soil. I would have had great difficulty in approving the mission, had I been president. I'm glad he did, and loved the results.

Listen Ronnie, you don't just come bustin in here making a few posts once every year or so, and get by with it. LOL

I guess I must be more of a pessimist than you cause I can't give him credit for doing stuff that military commanders had already set in motion. If we even have a valid SOFA with Iraq or Afghanistan, it got by me somehow. But, my main bone of contention lies with the ridiculous rules of engagement our troops are forced to endure. There's a reason casualty of war statistics have skyrocketed under this administration's watch.