Posted on 01/02/2010 6:04:51 AM PST by no-llmd
Personally I think much of what went wrong was due to the tone set by the incoming administration. This new, liberal leaning administration took the high tempo of a heated war against a dangerous, evil enemy and turned into a cautious criminal investigation of ‘extremists’ who cause ‘man made disasters’. This change had consequences – intended and otherwise. War means ‘whatever it takes’, crime investigation is slow and cautious and shrouded in personal protections for the ‘accused’.
They also legally threatened those who were tirelessly defending this nation 24×7. Where people were once willing (and rewarded) to go the extra mile, make personal sacrifices, spend the extra time to ensure a lead was not the next 9-11, the new administration deflated that drive and made our defenders more concerned with their own security than national security.
(Excerpt) Read more at strata-sphere.com ...
Liberals do not believe terrorism is a real threat. Instead, liberals believe terrorism is a contrivance of Republicans serving their masters in the military and industrial complex.
When Obama took office, that mindset came in as well.
Now, however, terrorism threatens Obama’s and the liberals’ domestic agenda. As we all know, anything that gets in the way of the liberal agenda must be destroyed.
Therefore, we will probably see a little more seriousness with regard to terrorism, however, given liberals’ track record on national security, it will still be far short of what we enjoyed under Bush.
imho, the op-ed is spot on. needs to be read by many.
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