The American Spectator

If one sees a cockroach in the kitchen, one stomps it dead. The next step is to call in an exterminator and kill the nest. Obama, as a community organizer from Chicago, certainly knows this. But after hearing his rhetoric, the question arises, did he advise the tenants to ignore the infestation, negotiate with the bugs and blame the tenants for leaving food out in the kitchen in the first place? Sometimes giving the enemy the benefit of the doubt is simply giving them time to prepare.

Senator Obama is walking down a well worn Democratic path. He naively believes that terrorism is a legal issue and terrorists are to be treated as respectable citizens (much like the Freedom Five of the Supreme Court). Terrorism is a political act but not one of civil disobedience. It cannot be fought in the courts and through police enforcement. Diplomacy is rendered useless or turned against our interests. The Middle Eastern mindset respects “the strong man” approach. As President Johnson said, “When you’ve got ‘em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.” Senator McCain understands that military force is the only rational response to terrorism.

p>Mr. Obama, it is not time to “turn the page.” It is time to open another book. May I suggest The Art of War by Sun Tzu or Carl von Clausewitz’s On War ? br> — Ira M. Kessel br> Rochester, New York /p> p> WHO NEEDS RETIREMENT? br> Re: Peter Ferrara’s Obama von Bismarck