Obama said he had personally authorized the go-ahead for the operation Monday. "As commander in chief, I could not be prouder of the troops who carried out this mission,'' he said in a statement yesterday. "The United States will not tolerate the abduction of our people.'' There he goes again - using his "commander-in-chief" role as a campaign prop ... implying that he would not be proud of the SEALs if he was merely an ordinary layman. This bum loves the aura of the office, enfolding himself in the mantle created by military folks putting their lives on the line. But Obama kept as far away from the military as he could when he would have been eligible to serve. What a phoney!!