“The security of the American people trumps (or should) the feelings of some powerfully connected political advisor.”
The security of the American people is of no concern to the Washington, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco elites who run this country. If security were an issue we would have an ABM system in place to defend the population against incoming missiles, the electric grid would be hardened against EMP, Chinese spies would not be walking off with our technology secrets, the borders would be secure, we would not be unilaterally disarming, terrorists and terrorist sympathizers would not be entrenched in the bureaucracy, we would be aggressively trying to achieve energy independence, gangs would not be running free in our cities, Homeland Security would not be plotting to deploy drones to spy on citizens, the government would not be trying to restrict guns held by law abiding citizens, and we would not be debasing the currency so that it loses reserve status.
Brilliantly said!
You have stated in one paragraph what should be a comprehensive platform for a presidential candidate. If you ran this by OB or Incompetano their heads would explode.