Obama should be thanking Bush (profusely!) for a legacy of much better national security, than Bush inherited from Clinton.
More and more, we see the wisdom of taking the fight to the jihadis, rather than trying to deal with terrorism as just another law-enforcement issue. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan sucked up so much of the jihadist’s resources that they couldn’t retaliate in N. America. That’s no longer the case — plus, the militant Islamists have added some more friendly regimes in the mid-east, thanks, in large part, to Obama.
Great post and spot on.