Different approach to fighting terrorism

During 8 years of Bush, missiles were launched at long range. Al Qaeda leaders weren't killed, but civilians were, further turning the world against the US.

Just a couple of hundred days of Obama, and tactics change to actually going in with commandos to kill al Qaeda leaders, and this works. Seems that providing leadership is more effective than launching a war to destroy an oil-rich country that didn't have anything to do with the attack against the US.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/world/africa/15raid.html?_r=1&hp