[Ohioan]

The idea that the President is just speaking out about Terrorism is just plain silly. He is speaking out, all the time, about a great many other issues--some current and some historic. The fact that when he does speak on issues, his words are less and less often promoting the Conservative view on those issues, but confirms the points that some of us have made here.

It is all very sad, to be sure. Hopefully, discussions such as this will wake someone up inside the Beltway. Otherwise, the immediate future is less than merely grim.

William Flax Return Of The Gods Web Site

[Tarl]

just speaking out about terrorism?? Somewhere there is a disconnect there. I was only implying the President is focusing his efforts/concentration on standing up to terrorism and that, yes, it risks drawing his attention away from domestic policies. There needs to be some support/forgiveness from his constituent base so the endless attacks don't divert him from the task he has given himself: confronting terrorism. Terrorism is like a large scale version of a sniper. During war, snipers are invaluable yet despised as cowards since they are incapable of confronting an army yet create an atmosphere of impending fear that immobilizes the actions of an army till the snipers are routed out. Terrorists, like snipers, must be routed out from their safe havens. They are inspired by perceptions of weakness, our President has the necessary resolve but his political attackers undermine the perception of his resolve.