the democrats were and still are too stupid or vain to recognize the shots fired over the bow and respond to them
like Khomeini/Ahmadinejad taking our embassy people hostage in Iran for 444 days in 1978-9
bombing our Marine barracks in Lebanon and later in Saudi
bombing US service people in Germany (Reagan responded to that one)
numerous hijacking and airline attacks
attacks on and murder of US ambassadors and military personnel in mideast, Africa and the world
bombing our embassies in Africa
Attacking the USS Cole
Sending muslim “freedom fighters” to the battle in Somalia
1993 attack on the WTC - not the act of a single deranged individual, but an act of war which was continued on 9-11-01
I was, and I think Obama was referring to what is commonly known as the GWOT (global war on terror(ism). It does have it’s prelude(s), for sure.