"Military victory?" Sorry, no.

Roger Simon writing on The Politico:

The stories that followed the dramatic rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips off the coast of Somalia were the kind the White House staff dreams about. The Washington Post ran the headline: “An Early Military Victory for Obama.”

Military victory? Well, why not? We could use one.

Roger, Roger, Roger. I've been reading you a long time. This out of character for you, but I have to point it out anyway: "We could use" a "military victory"? Three shots counts as a real "military victory?" Please. A job very well done, certainly, and excellent shots they were, but this was not even a real military engagement, much less a "military" victory.

"We could use" a military victory? Did you so quickly forget Iraq?

Let's come down from the euphoric high everyone seems to be on from rescuing Capt. Phillips. Skillfully done though it was, and as good as it is to have the captain safe, there are three things to keep in mind:

1. Piracy off Somalia is not a matter of national security of the United States.

2. History shows that decisive actions to end piracy have always been on land.

3. The piracy threat is not higher now than it was before Alabama was hijacked.

As Han Solo told Luke Skywalker, "Don't get cocky, kid." I'll expand each of these points in detail in a posting to go online later today.