Add another notch to Barack Obama's "bag the bad guys" belt: Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi was killed today in Sirte.
We cats caught the first airing of a gruesome cellphone video of Gaddafi's bloodied corpse on Al Jazeera English this morning. We could post the screen grab from that video, but we think we'll refrain. We're not squeamish — we just were sick of looking at the guy long before he was dead.
So, a big conversation is going on over at POLITICO about whether President Obama should "get credit" for Gaddafi's toppling. Well, duh. Of course, many commenters are saying, "Sure, this is an accomplishment. But the economy is the issue!"
Um, yes. The state of the economy will be huge in 2012. But like it or not, whichever member of the Republican clown college gets nominated next year, he or she will have to engage in a debate with the President on foreign policy.
And not only has Obama made George W. Bush and Dick Cheney look like tough-talking pantywaists who couldn't get the war on terrorism done — the Republican nominee will be representing a party that's weak and rudderless on engaging with the world. Heck, one of the GOP's "bright lights" didn't even know that Libya is in Africa.
We can't wait.
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