While the status quo is correctly described with all these posts, does anyone besides me think that Obie has realized he owns the next attack and his presidency crashes and burns when that happens. He’s acting like it finally sunk in
This is now Obama's war. He cannot blame Bush or Cheney. Any failure will be his.
What people have written here about the easiest way to address this being getting rid of the whole lot of 'em is true. The drastic measures needed will not be done because they're invested in their retaining and expanding power for their buds. Napolitano is still in her job, for example, beyond all reasonabless, while the guy who approved the Black Panther voter intimidation prosecution has been reassigned.
The muslim advisers throughout the administration and those a phone call away will see to it that AQ is always able to pull out their next surprise tactic (e.g., box cutters stuffed in the seats by cleaning people or a black (protected class) muslim perpetrator).
He's not acting like it's finally sunk in. His PR people have constructed an alternate universe in which this infinitely wise leader (ptui!) is taking command of the situation to make it right, now deserving an A+ instead of B+. Yeah, right!
So we're led to believe.
HF