Damned if he does, damned if he...damn!

All last week the wingnutosphere was either roaring or sputtering that Obama was the reason a rag-tag band of Somali pirates (probably gay ones at that) was defying the U.S. Navy.

Now that it's reported he gave the orders to the Navy to kill the pirates should the merchant captain's life be in present danger and should there be a clear shot, which resulted in a successful hostage rescue, you'd think they'd be relieved for the captain, proud of and impressed by the Navy marksmen, and gracious towards the young president. Well, you'd be wrong.

In fact, in this case they're showing a rare affinity for the French.

Huston also raged that the President "sits at the picnic table watching his kids play in the White House," when he should have been tensing his jaw photogenically, barking out orders, and white. And Huston yelled that "the French... THE FRENCH... use proper military force against these criminal pirates" -- referring to a rescue mission that ended with the death of a hostage.

But getting the hostage killed has got to be the right way to run a rescue, because Obama didn't do it. (Radio nutcake Tammy Bruce also praised the French hostage-killing mission -- "Good for them for taking decisive action" -- and Wake Up America said that "the only other option is to hand the pirates what they ask for.")

You need a scorecard...