On the other hand, the Post also served up a double-dose of fatuous spin from Obama partisans about the President's derring-do as a hands-on leader in combating terrorism.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: A tale of two Obamas

On its face it was fatuous given that Galant's behavior constituted an administrative offense for which one pays a fine, rather than a criminal offense for which one goes to jail.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Democracy strikes back

The accolades being showered upon him for finessing a potentially violent confrontation are all too reminiscent to the response to the British leader's fatuous claim to have secured "peace for our time" from Adolf Hitler by appeasing him.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy