The Obama Watch
In a World of His Own
On terror, Obama is distracted by his domestic agenda.
President Obama certainly does not deserve all the blame for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s successful boarding of Northwest Flight 253. Even had Obama come into office with a burning passion for enhancing airport security and crushing al Qaeda, how much could he have accomplished since his inauguration? The fact is, the bureaucracy put into place by the Bush administration is an unwieldy mess. Abdulmutallab probably would have slipped through had George W. Bush arrested all members of the Electoral College and appointed himself to a third term solely for the purpose of continuing to fight the War on Terrror.
The New York Times reported on Wednesday: “Spy Agencies Failed To Collate Clues on Terror.” The same headline could have come from the Times in December of 2001. The Times reported that the National Security Agency intercepted communications from al Qaeda operatives in Yemen in which they discussed a plot to deploy a Nigerian in a terror attack against the United States, but “analysts at the National Counterterrorism Center in Washington did not synthesize the eavesdropping intelligence with information gathered in November when the father of the would-be bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, visited the United States Embassy in Nigeria to express concerns about his son’s radicalization.”
Obama can hardly be the single reason our intelligence agencies failed to “connect the dots,” as the saying went in the months immediately following 9/11.
And yet one has to wonder whether those dots might have had a better chance of being connected had Obama been more dedicated to the fight.
The president has memorized the right phrases when it comes to talking tough on terror. But it has been clear from Day 1 that his heart is not in this fight. Does anyone imagine that Obama wakes each morning and thinks to himself, “How can I defeat bin Laden today?” Not a chance. Does anyone doubt that he wakes each morning and wonders how he can bring health care reform one step closer to passage?
Obama is incredibly swift to comment on domestic policy. He never misses an opportunity to personally promote his domestic agenda, and he won’t let a moment go by without responding to an attack. He took the initiative to set the domestic agenda and he works tirelessly to dominate the debate on it.
And yet when it comes to foreign policy, especially the war against terrorists, he is almost shy. It took him a quarter of a year to formulate a plan for Afghanistan after his hand-picked general recommended a course of action. It took him 48 hours to authorize the use of deadly force against Somali pirates holding an American sea captain hostage. And it took him three days to comment on the attempted bombing of Flight 253.
Those delays suggest a lack of clarity in Obama’s thinking about military and intelligence matters. That is, they suggest that he has no ready response, no policy positions internalized after years of careful thought. Instead, he has to wing it. He has to listen to his experts and form entirely new opinions within his head because he has never thought about these things before.
Speaking to the National Counterterrorism Center in October, Obama said, “I can promise you this. I pledge to do everything in my power as president to keep America safe. And I pledge to give all of you the tools and support you need to get the job done, around the world and here at home. And I pledge to stay focused on that mission — just as you stay focused on your mission.”
Has there been any indication that Obama has stayed focused on that mission? He has begun the process of closing Guantanamo Bay’s prison and trying al Qaeda members in civilian courts. He has twice changed strategies in Afghanistan. But what signs have there been that he is dedicating his time to pressing hard against al Qaeda?
What percentage of his working hours since last January has the effort to thwart al Qaeda occupied? Twelve? Eight? Two? How many hours has he spent traveling the country campaigning for his health care reform efforts vs. planning and overseeing our operations against terrorist who plot all day every day to kill Americans?
Obama is not focused on “that mission.” He can’t even bear to call it a war. To him, it’s an overseas contingency operation.
Obama is not interested in this war. But al Qaeda is interested in nothing else. As dedicated as our intelligence, military and national security professionals are, that is a discrepancy that does not tip the scales in our favor on a battle-by-battle basis.
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Andrew Cline is editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader. His Twitter ID is @Drewhampshire.
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Appleby| 12.31.09 @ 6:52AM
When I was 21 at the end of the Sixties, I was on a round the world trip and we landed in Guinea, West Africa. The country was an open sewer as anyone with a nose could tell, and we were told not to swim or wade in any water regardless of how it looked. Naturally the hippie scum jeered and disobeyed -- it was The Man trying to Spoil Our Fun! As a result, we were treated to the sight, courtesy of onboard medical personnel, of photographs of parasites such as liver flukes, which the hippie scum contracted from the filth they had been sure was imaginary.
Every time I see Obama blunder in the foreign policy or terrorism fields, I think of these hippie scum. I believe Obama is their spiritual brother. He and his brethren simply refuse to believe that TheMan was right and there are such things as terrorists.
Besides which I am sure he spent three days trying to find some way of denying that Underwear Man was Black.
Ret. Marine| 12.31.09 @ 6:59AM
His statement reagarding the muslim's some time back clearly show his intentions, it went something like this "when the going gets tough against the muslim faith, I be there for them" Now why do you wonder why he is slow to react to the threats we face together. "His heart is not in it" what was your first clue?
His only agenda appears to be to get enough change in the system and hope no one notices, well I've got news for thei pretender, our eyes and ears are wide open. What we see and hear do not meld.
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Melvin| 12.31.09 @ 8:26AM
The government in fighting terrorism is allot like government fixing a pothole. The government architects have to come out to the pothole and say, "Yep, there's a pothole there all right, but we're not the ones to fix it, we only design potholes." Gets in his vehicle and leaves.
The government chief environmental engineer comes out and looks at the pothole. "I can't fix the pothole either, I only check to see if someone placed this pothole hill illegally." He gets in his vehicle and leaves.
OSHA come out and puts a sign in the pothole, "Do not drive through pothole unless wearing safety harness and hardhat." He gets in his vehicle and leaves.
Hiway maintenance come out to finally fix pothole and discovers. "We can't fix the pothole now, its too big, we have to call the engineers now to design a new road, which will have to be funded by Congress."
So you see this one dimensional thinking by government is exactly why many more Americans will die by the ineptitude of government and Barrack is now the one at the top of the dunce cap.
Franklin| 1.1.10 @ 5:57AM
The problem with little o's administration (starting with little o himself) is that they refuse to name the pothole.
It's a road-created-indentation caused by the road being evil. We need to sympthize with the conditions the pothole lives with and create a dialogue to come to an understanding. Then potholes will love the road and not cause any more problems.
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Ray| 12.31.09 @ 10:14AM
I believe that Obama has been thing about the terrorist problem for a while now, ever since he entered National Politics as a Senator, and, between his rants against the previous administration, he limited his concern for just Al Quada in Afghanistan, just as he was told to believe by his fellow democrats in Congress while they sabotaged President Bush's attempt to reduce the threat on international terrorism.
He has said, several times, both before and after becoming President, that he believes that the "real" threat is "al quada in Afghanistan," and ONLY in Afghanistan. He, like a lot of Democrats, seem to forget (or refuse to accept) that al quada, like a lot of terrorists organizations, is not centrally based in a single country but spread out across half the globe. Now, slowly, they are beginning to understand that, yes, this IS a global threat we are facing, but, since they spent the last 8 years denying such a threat exists, they have NO CLUE as to how to reduce the threat. So, all we'll see is more rhetoric as to how they'll keep us safe while, of course, placing blame on the previous administration for "not keeping us safe" and they may even toss in references to "the Wrong War in the Wrong Place," Iraq. Never mind they, themselves, did everything they could to hamstring the previous administration's anti-terrorism policies simply to place that administration, and the the party it represented, in the worst possible light, all to regain power for themselves.
Well, democrats, as you like to remind us: elections DO have consequences. One of them is to keep America safe. Now that you actually DO have to face the GLOBAL: terrorism threat, just what are you going to do about it? My guess is that you'll quietly reinstate the policies put in place by the previous administration, including "profiling" and "domestic spying" (things you claimed were "illegal" just to make Bush look bad) while never admitting that it was you opposition to those policies, and your active reversals of those policies, that lead to this increase in global terrorism we (and the rest of the world) are now facing.
Democrats, by tossing out the baby with the bath water, something you were warned not to do, you now have to account for the loss of that proverbial baby. You are now responsible for your past actions, accountable to the American people directly. Are you up to the task of reducing the threat of global terrorism or will you revert back to blaming everyone else for the problems you foolishly created or exasperated by your quest for power?
Democrats; America, and the rest of the world, is watch YOU now, and we have a longer memory than you seem to realize, so get this right, soon, or you'll be finding yourselves out of power, again.
Rmm| 12.31.09 @ 10:16AM
Obama wanted to be President, he never wanted the job of Commander-in-Chief. Our enemies are licking their chops with this weak-kneed straw-man. No doubt they have taken his measure and love what they see. We will know soon enough, if this administration follows through with returning the Yemenis from Gitmo to their country.
GAG.
JohnD| 12.31.09 @ 11:04AM
This administration is not interested in defending this nation, only in looting it.
That said, in response to this latest attack, they want to take pillows away from blonde-haired Swedish Lutheran grannies from Minnesota and confine them to their seats during the last hour of flight.
But guys named Muhammad, or Ahmed, or Abdullah can still travel on Yemeni passports buying tickets with cash without scrutiny.
Guys named Muhammad or Abdul who's fathers warn us they are terrosits will still be kept off "no-fly" lists while guys named "Jim Smith" and "Steve Wilson" remain on them and get hassled at airports.
Targeting, harrassing and oppressing fliers who obviously don't fit the repeated profile of those carrying out the attacks is not only a waste of resources, it is sheer idiocy, and detrimental to air travel.
Here's what should be done: (1) You cannot buy tickets with cash; you can't rent cars or hotel rooms with cash, why allow purchase of airline tickets with cash? Credit Card info can be used to investigate background as well. (2) If you have a passport from a Middle Eastern or African country with a large Muslim population, expect much extra scrutiny and questions as to where you are going and why; (3) If you have a name that is associated with Islam (Abdul, Muhammad, Ahmed, etc.) expect extra scrutiny; get there early and, again, expect questions as to where you are going and why; (4) If traveling on a passport from a predominatly Muslim country expect extra scrutiny, including questions as to where you are going, and why; (5) No carry on luggage; none. Check you bags so we can scan them and search them if necessary. (also safer in the event of rough landing like the recent one in Aruba where several passengers were injured by luggage coming out of the overhead bins, and quicker to deplane, board and take off).
Ret. Marine| 1.1.10 @ 6:35AM
O.K. smart guy, what do you suppose we do with many of us out here who live within our means, pay CASH for everything, because we don't believe in purchasing anything we can't afford to pay for right now and don't live with or like credit cards. You sound as though you didn't quite think this entirely through my friend.
crizzyboo| 1.1.10 @ 10:34AM
And what's with the no carry-ons idea? I like to bring ONE backpack and not check ANY luggage.
bill| 1.1.10 @ 10:51AM
Get a credit card. Charge the ticket and pay the credit card bill IN FULL at the end of the month.
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tailgunner| 12.31.09 @ 11:59AM
Pelosi repeatedly calls the CIA 'liars' to distract from her own serial lying about not being 'briefed' on EIT.
Career political hack and CIA director Leon Panetta fails to vigorously defend his intelligence professionals by demanding and receiving a retraction and full apology from Pelosi.
Obama, through his sock puppet Holder, wants to prosecute US and CIA terrorist interrogators for 'war crimes'.
According to Paul Sperry, FBI Director Robert Mueller has reached an agreement with CAIR to avoid using the words 'Islamic' and 'terrorism' in the same sentence.
And now Obama's blaming the intelligence community for the near-catastrophic results of the poisonous politically correct intelligence and counterterrorism minefield HE created?
Nothing will change. Obama has his priorities, and risking political capital to defend a nation he was raised to despise is not one of them.
Each successive attack will be met by Obama, not with an effective response, but a focus group.
Pat| 12.31.09 @ 12:15PM
Obama and his "peeps" should do what they do best to fight terrorism, namely take money from many Americans and give it away - that's a succesful tactic for winning votes and has gone under a series of disguises during the Obama reign, sometimes the Secret Bailout, The Avatar otherwise known as Universal Health Care and Zorro, Defender of the Downtrodden Wall St. Banks.
At a recent staff meeting, one of Obama's idea girls had a revelation, "The Solution" as it came to be called - and everyone around the table agreed it was a surefire winner. Basically, take a few billion from American taxpayers and give it to Al Qaeda, they in turn agree to stop killing us - or even trying to kill us.
Then a general bull session ensued to discuss selling points for the media, they ordered out for pizza, Obama shot some baskets with a nerf ball and one of those wall mounted hoops while they waited on Domino's and everyone loudly praised Obama for calling the meeting where "The Solution" was brought to life.
"Let's call it a 'development loan', not a payoff or tribute" one staffer said while chewing on pepperoni. "Great idea, and they can pretend to pay it back so Americans aren't suspicious, but in reality we'll just move the money around the accounts to make it look like they paid their loan off."
"But won't the Republicans call it a bribe?" one staffer asked. "Who cares", said Obama, "they don't vote for us anyway in case you haven't noticed and we really don't have time to fight terrorists, none of us knows how to fight and look what happened to Bush when he spent a lot of time fighting terrorists, we made him look like a monkey. Republicans are always going on and on about defending this country, in some ways they're worse than the terrorists."
Inge| 12.31.09 @ 1:19PM
I do believe that Obama, and Holder are responsible for not connecting the dots. Noth of them have changed the policies in place by the Bush admin, as not offend muslims. Key in point: those responsible for connecting the dots were instructing 'Not to profile mislims'.
The smoking gun at:
www.strata-sphere.com/blog
Read it all, and it makes perfect sense.
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martin j smith| 12.31.09 @ 4:28PM
Bush and Obama--In my mind a "logical extenion of one to the other. Yes, I believe in Bush's second term he gradually changed his approach towards terrorism including the notion of notion using the term "war on terror". Obama in his foreign policy is continuing Bush's back peddling but much more so.
What is interesting is Cheney's speaking out while Bush seems silent. Cheney is a necessary messenger.
What is truly disturbing to me is the suspicion that John MacCaine --another moderate like Bush threw the election to give us Obama. I fear that the Republican elite gave us Obama.--and I wonder if the Republican leadership is in on the fix ? MacCainbe complains about Obama's polcies towards terrorism yet he failed to confront Obama on this very issue ( among other issues ) during the campaign. It was his obligation yet he failed. So complaining about Obama is and criticism is valuable to our own safety--we have moderate Republicans to some degree to thank for it.
S.L. Toddard| 12.31.09 @ 4:42PM
I have a question (and I asked this in another thread but it is apparently too uncomfortable for Big Government Republicans to contemplate let alone answer).
Consider the following tendencies:
* Endless quasi-religious worship of Big Government's military machine
* Endless demands that more and more wealth (and therefore power) be confiscated from American workers and redistributed to Big Government's military machine
* Blind and passionate advocacy for any and every costly, state-expanding, state-empowering Big Government scheme the egghead bureaucrats in Washington cook up - as long as it involves using the state's military machine
* Abiding faith and devotion to the idea that (whenever Big Government exercises or proposes to exercise its truly awesome and terrible military might) Big Government is noble and beneficent, that it is efficient, that it is peopled with wise men, and that it should be further empowered with confiscated tax money so it can be used as an engine to effect social change all over the world
Is it possible for one to argue that the tendencies enumerated above are not those of a statist?
We have 3,000 miles of open border with Mexico, across which any terrorist can easily stroll. Keep *that* in mind when Big Government tells you our soldiers need to be on the other side of the globe to "protect us from terrorism". It is not a serious position - to claim the danger we face from terrorism is so profound that we must wage perpetual war, but it is so insignificant that we can leave open a 3,000 mile door to any jihadist who wishes to attack us.
Jim O'Brien| 12.31.09 @ 6:46PM
The most obvious violation of the rule of law is illegal immigration. But Obama and his attorney general Holder chose to focus on the rule of law as it applies to terrorists. That is, they are bringing 9/11 terrorists from Gitmo to the U.S. so they can enjoy the rights of U.S. citizens in American civilian courts.
They are ignoring the fact that the terrorists are not U.S. citizens, and they are ignoring the fact that the terrorists directly attacked the Pentagon, tried to attack the White House, and killed over 3,000 civilians. Obama and Holder apparently don't think the terrorists have been engaged in acts of war. Instead, they think terrorists are something like the Mafia evading taxes, or bank robbers. Following Obama's and Holder's absurd and idiotic line of thinking, captured Nazi & Japanese soldiers in WW II would have been granted civilian trials with all the rights of U.S. citizens.
Terrorists have bombed the USS Cole, killing and wounding many sailors, they have bombed U.S. Embassies, they killed a couple of hundred Marines in Beirut, they have recently killed 7 CIA agents in Afghanistan, they have killed several soliders at Fort Hood, TX, and they have killed thousands of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are enemy combatants whose objective is destruction of the United States and the death of Americans. Therefore, when caught alive, they deserve military tribunals and execution.
scott| 12.31.09 @ 9:12PM
???? Who are you talking to? Most if not all republicans I know want smaller government. And keep in mind that I am talking about PEOPLE not politicians!! Talk about delusional....repubs. libertarians everybody but liberal statist democratic socialists want the borders closed!! This must be your first foray outside of msnbc!!
S.L. Toddard| 1.1.10 @ 11:39AM
The GOP had the White House for eight years and both houses of Congress for a dozen. During that period they actively held our borders open to illegals, and they remain open, so that is one group (the Republican Party) that does not want our borders closed.
Will you withdraw your support of the GOP for their open-borders policy and their part in Mexicanizing America?
Margie| 1.1.10 @ 10:48PM
Spoken like a true shyster lawyer.
Rebuttal: Will you withdraw your support for the unelectable loony tune Ron Paul who would cause the election to go to the Communists again?
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Richard Baker| 12.31.09 @ 10:00PM
Except for W, this country has treated the 30+ year old terrorism problem as not worthy of serious concern. Even with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, we ignored the growing threat because the attitude persisted that a bunch of ragheads couldn't hurt the Great United States. What these killers have done is to use our own technology against us and hide in a totally de-centralized state-less system using Islam as a guide. Unless we are willing to go after these vermin wherever they are with small teams that have a no-bag hunting license, we will be working this equation for many years. Special Forces, whether SEALS, Rangers, or US Army Special Forces/Delta will be the model and not big battalions to root out and eliminate these vermin and their families. Generate so much local pain and tell the host countries that the US will not sit idly by and be bled by anyone. We survive or not based upon our willingness to be ruthless in their extinction. If it means war on a grand scale, then so be it. Either we survive or they do. They have made their choice.
Rmm| 1.1.10 @ 11:12AM
Richard,
I couldn't agree with you more, this was music to my ears. If those charged with the defense of the US are not up to the task, then get the hell out of the way, because there are many who are ready and willing.
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philfl63| 1.1.10 @ 1:27AM
Why are we so afraid to say it. We have to restore white, Western European culture again in this country. The whole divershitty, multi-culti, Y-T liberal guilt for oppressing colored people experiment is a colossal failure. Anyone know a good racial joke?
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martin j smith| 1.1.10 @ 11:50AM
In a sane world,Obama's approval ratings should in the 30's--but they are not . Why ?
JoshInHB| 1.1.10 @ 6:25PM
Public Education
martin j smith| 1.2.10 @ 8:11AM
I agree our public"education" is a serious problem because it is not education but indoctrination,.
However, in my view I believe the MSM support of Obama with out question is very significant as well.
The Conservative-Republican or other opposition in my view are severely hampered by this in getting their message out.
Utilizing alternative media and all of its social outlets is important yet more needs to be done.
While the Democrat Party tends to threaten some form of "fairness doctrine" it is ironically the side of the opposition that has just as much right to use the idea of "fairness" to apply to TV,and print media which are dominated by the Left. Just some thoughts.
In any event something should be done.
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Northern Rebel| 1.2.10 @ 12:25PM
I'll never forget Barbara Olson making that phone call to her husband Ted, the Soliciter General, when she was on one of the doomed planes, during the 9/11 attack.
Perhaps if "President" Anti-Christ's wife went down in flames that day, his attitude towards terrorism would be different.
Maybe not. He is a liberal.
Governor Dukaikis didn't seem upset at the thought of his wife being raped.
Maybe he would have apologized to all muslims, for those stupid buildings being in the way.
JJ| 1.3.10 @ 7:50PM
It's just not in his gut. He knows, we know and they know it.
NotALiberal| 1.3.10 @ 9:18PM
"President Obama certainly does not deserve all the blame for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's successful boarding of Northwest Flight 253. Even had Obama come into office with a burning passion for enhancing airport security and crushing al Qaeda, how much could he have accomplished since his inauguration? The fact is, the bureaucracy put into place by the Bush administration is an unwieldy mess."
Now wait a minute... 9/11 happened 8 months into Bush's first term and we couldn't blame Slick Willie, it HAD to be Bush's fault. Now an attempted attack happens 11 months into Obama's first term and it still can only be Bush's fault???? Seems like Bush Derangement Syndrome is alive and well at American Spectator!
Richard Baker| 1.3.10 @ 9:39PM
NotALiberal:
Remember, it was Jamie Gorelick at Justice who placed the famous "Wall" about intel information between various Federal agencies during Slick Willy's administration. This caused a stovepipe system that didn't allow various Intel and Policing agencies to "connect the dots" and cause the total picture to be painted. Sort of like fighting with one hand tied behind your back. The "unwieldy mess" you described worked well enough that there were no further episodes during the rest of W's administration after 9/11. The system is failing again because the Kenyan's administration is ignoring the Intel that has come its way and thus we have the recent events. W wasn't perfect, sure, but the bad guys were kept at bay.
rodgerdsmith| 1.5.10 @ 6:05PM
This guy has to be one of the biggest A$$holes who ever lived.
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Yeah, Obama is probably the worst president we have had yet. Ugh.
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