We are reaping what the President has sown, and the Europeans see it more clearly than we do. There's no war on terror, there are just appropriate law-enforcement activities. There are no unlawful enemy combatants, there are only "alleged" terrorists. There's no terrorism, there are only "man made disasters". There are no military commissions, there are only alleged terrorists in the criminal justice system.
The plain truth of the matter is that there has been a seismic shift in the approach that the government is taking to the world-wide Islamic terror movement. While there remains a reliance on the trappings of the Bush approach (because it worked), the attitude at the top has changed, and the country can feel it. America will become less safe unless its guardians in power become more vigilant. They are simply not as serious about this as the average American is. That's not a good thing.
H/T--Instapundit
The "Unqualified One" believes in speaking very softly and carrying no stick lest we offend those who would kill us.
ReplyDeleteThe "Nigerian knicker bomber."
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great nickname for Hakeem Olajuwon had he played for the Knicks and been a 3-point threat.
A - friggin - men.
ReplyDeleteBut why should Europeans be shocked? This is exactly what they asked for - the "un-Bush"- the one who would bring a refreshing change from the loutish American exceptionalism of the previous eight years.
ReplyDeleteMore evidence that Jimmy Carter's brother from a different mother occupies the White House.
ReplyDeleteWhen France chides you for appeasement, you know you’re scraping bottom.
ReplyDeletehttp://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWI5ZTE1NzA4NmYzOTg0ODAxNzNiM2JlMTM3NGU2MjY
I hear the French are calling American Cheese "Freedom Cheese".
ReplyDeleteI hear the French are calling American Cheese "Freedom Cheese".
ReplyDeleteI will clearly be out of step with the contributors here, but let's go for it. I think GW Bush's policies were the best recruiting tool AQ EVER had.... playing down this rogue element is more likely to bleed them dry then all the guns and bullets in our kit. Moreover, we are more likely to successfully finance this approach than the previous method. JPH
ReplyDeleteNo JPH, it's not the contributors to this site that you are out of step with. You're out of step with anyone with an IQ that is above room temperature. Allegedly.
ReplyDeleteTDP, your lack of civility is the precise reason that contributing to this blog is pointless. Lemmings refuse to learn or at least appreciate alternative perspectives and points of view.
ReplyDeleteBryan, I thought you policed these idiots up?
JPH