Posted on 01/03/2010 12:34:40 PM PST by smoothsailing
Erick Erickson
January 2, 2010
Within twenty-four hours of the terrorist trying to blow up the plane, the White House was giving briefings by a “Senior Administration Official” who most likely was Obama, Axelrod, or Jarrett, pointing out that the terrorist watch list was created by the Bush administration.
Then the White House Counsel’s Office sent out a memo demanding any and all documentation to show that the Bush administration had done worse.
Then the White House decided it needed to look into the “systemic failures” of the operation that George Bush had put in place.
234 days into George W. Bush’s first contentious year in office, four planes were hijacked and used as missiles to strike the United States. Shortly thereafter, Richard Reid tried to blow up another jet.
George Bush never tried to disown 9/11 or Richard Reid. He never tried to say, “hey, it was Clinton’s problem.” Sure, in fact, a lot of what led to 9/11 happened on Bill Clinton’s watch and he failed in most every measure to shut down Al Qaeda.
But after 9/11, George Bush didn’t spend his first day, second day, or third day blaming Clinton. He set out to destroy Al Qaeda. After Richard Reid, we’ve been pretty darn safe flying.
In fact, under George Bush leading scholars and pundits declared Al Qaeda marginalized. By 2003, the pontiffs of miasmatic beltway wisdom were near unanimous that Al Qaeda was nearly dismantled.
You really need to read this editorial in the London Telegraph by Toby Harnden. It really hits this point where it needs hitting.
For a man who campaigned denouncing the politicisation of national security under President George W Bush, it is worth noting how intensely political Obama’s treatment of what might henceforth be known as Underpantsgate has been.
His White House recognised its political vulnerability more readily than it comprehended the level of danger faced by Americans.
That last bit is the most troubling part of this.
At the end of the first year of Barack Obama’s administration, there’s something moving in the shadows of Mount Doom. It wasn’t there while George Bush was in charge. But Barack Obama is no George Bush. And the strategy of blaming Bush for being weak on terror will not work after eight years of blaming Bush for being too bloodthirsty.
Sen DeMint is a true fighter against the Regime right now. 2012...
Thanks. Freeper Saije posted the UK article earlier today...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419576/posts
Thanks for the headsup, HC!
I tend to watch the whole Lord of the Rings Trillogy between Christmas and New Years. Each year it seems to relate to current events in a different way. This year, it seemed to me that Obama is Saruman, sitting in Isenguard (the White House) with people coming to realize that he has aligned himself with dark powers that seek to destroy the free world of men. The GOP are the Ents, not yet awakened. Limbaugh is Gandalf, Palin is Aragorn, the MSM are the orcs.
That sounds like a fair analysis....
And the rest of us are the fools for putting up with this coup by anti american communist one worlders.
“Sen. DeMint is looking better and better for me in 2012.”
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Yes, he is to me too! I am proud to say he is my senator. He has the bearing and demeanor of a real president, something Obama sorely lacks.
To be fair, Barack Obama’s "vulnerabilities" will probably only get a few of us killed at a time - a few airline passengers, a few CIA agents, a few more soldiers, and a few others here and there. With bad luck, we may even lose a few cities (okay, the cities are full of Obama voters, but they're still Americans, mostly). Still, that's a long way from getting us all killed.
Wish I could say I was proud of the two sock puppets in my state of Maryland, unfortunately I cannot, neither of them is worth a pint of owl urine.
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