“Delighted”

Steve Clemons responds to Frank Gaffney’s extraordinary choice of words:

There is a dark truth in the national security establishment. Generals, intelligence directors, national security advisors, and the President prepare themselves to make judgments that may cost American lives. Part of their world involves very tough choices and occasional tragedies. But none of these would ever say that they were "delighted" sending Americans to their death, even if a greater good was accomplished and a major policy objective secured.