I'm reminded of the one-line joke, "Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?"
Sowell's point is that there isn't anything, realistically, except for the war on terror. We can't depend on Israel to solve our Iran problems for us, because they can't do it without resolve, resources, and backup from us. Obama is, for all anyone can tell, a preening coward, and not someone you would trust playing high-stakes poker on your behalf.
A clueless, timorous CIC, surrounded by toadies and anti-American nut-cases from the Chicago Red machine, is not equipped to run a nuclear war. Obama has zero experience getting stuff done, and his "brain trust" is composed only of people who know how to steal votes.
I won't bet money on it, but it occurs to me that if things get tense, or the war with Iran breaks out, McCain's flaccidity about our borders could suddenly go away. The threat of backpack nukes or other bombs from Iran coming across the Rio Grande could inspire a lot of change.
That threat is already there and has been for much longer than Sept 11, 2001.
Doesn't seem to have fazed McCain any at all.
I agree with everything you posted too : ( The idea of terrorists with nukes terrifies me. And I agree that number one priority of the CIC and Government is to protect us from that kind of threat.
McCain’s policies would effectively open our borders to those kinds of threats and toss in biological and run of the mill truck bombers and we would have a real problem.
We are so screwed.