Note the pistol on his leg.
Considering where he was, this seems somewhat prudent. I think we can all agree that the secretary of the Navy would be quite the catch for the Taliban, and Spencer would be unlikely to enjoy the experience, much less survive it.
But that doesn’t stop some supposed experts from not understand the move.
Barbara Starr is CNN’s Pentagon correspondent. You know, the person at CNN who you would think would be most likely to understand that people are still shooting at Americans over in Afghanistan?
Then again, this is CNN we’re talking about here, so I’m not that sure.