When Will This Administration Wake Up to the Threat of Terrorism?

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
By Jim, posted in Editorial

Richard Cohen, an Op-Ed Columnist for The Washington Post, has written an article that reflects the concerns that many of us have about the competence and motivation of this administration’s efforts to fight terrorism.  It is must reading, and should be required reading for President Obama and his national security advisers.

The following is the opening paragraph:

There is almost nothing the Obama administration does regarding terrorism that makes me feel safer. Whether it is guaranteeing captured terrorists that they will not be waterboarded, reciting terrorists their rights, or the legally meandering and confusing rule that some terrorists will be tried in military tribunals and some in civilian courts, what is missing is a firm recognition that what comes first is not the message sent to America’s critics but the message sent to Americans themselves. When, oh when, will this administration wake up?

For the rest of this revealing article, click here =>

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