Happy and confused

As a journalist, I am extremely elated to hear about the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee to former president Clinton. It just seems odd to me that it took a former president to actually bridge the gap enough to bring the 4 month ordeal to an end. Why is it that his wife, current Secretary of State or any other of our ambassadors could not have accomplished this. Why was it that they saw right through master politician Obamas constant posturing and hardline approach and refused to negotiate. I won't even comment on why the hell our most recent abomination of a president or his ogre of a VP were not the emissaries needed to free these noble professionals. If indeed the US government and his former VP, as well as the women's employer, Al Gore asked Clinton to go on this "private" trip to talk to the hostile reclusive communist leader of a nuclear armed nation.

I still can't figure out who is allowed to save face though. Is it the ineffective politician president? The ice queen insincere Secretary of State? The deathbed communist? Or the employer who somehow avoided all scrutiny in his treatment of the situation regarding his top notch reporters. Or, to play devils advocate, was it all one big nuclear conspiracy for some random reason to push our nation further into paranoia and fear of a radioactive WWIII? I offer no explanation. Merely a look at several different aspects. We must take this development in stride and not forget our critical eye. We must ask, who stood to gain from all this? And what was it?