It's Labor Day Weekend and the weather is truly lovely. Here in Connecticut, it is still summer, but there's a slightly crisp coolness in the early morning. It should be a time when the big issues to consider are choosing between the beach (for probably the last time this year) or a long hike. Sadly, that is not the case this year.
Right now, it is twelve days until September 11th. This last year has been most likely the worst year of terrorism around the world since that terrible day in 2001. What is going to happen in less than two weeks? Is anyone in Washington actually paying attention to this? Let's look at what we know:
1. There are literally tens of thousands of terrorists who would like nothing better than to kill hundreds or thousands of Americans, particularly on September 11th. That fact is beyond debate.
2. President Obama and the Obamacrats have consistently played down the threat from the terrorists. Obama has even seemed somewhat delusional in his persistent refusal to recognize the threat from these groups. In 2012, despite a warning of potential trouble ahead of time, the USA was completely unprepared for the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi. Hillary Clinton, who was then Secretary of State, had even denied a request from the American ambassador in Libya for additional security and instead reduced the level of security in Benghazi for better appearance. When the attack came, Obama could not even be bothered to monitor what was happening, choosing instead to get ready for yet another fund raising trip, that time to Las Vegas.
3. With the biggest current threat, ISIS, Obama has also played down the threat and refused to plan how to deal with them. We all know that eight months ago, Obama dismissed ISIS as the "jayvee" terrorist team. Remember, he did that days after ISIS forces had taken control of Fallujah and Ramadi in Iraq, an area containing about a million people. That's a heck of a junior varsity! We also know that a year ago, Obama himself was asked at a news conference about how he planned to deal with ISIS and other terrorist groups besides al Qaeda that were operating in Syria and Iraq. Obama announced in August 2013 that the government was going to develop a strategy for confronting ISIS. Earlier this week, however, Obama said that there is no strategy for dealing with ISIS. What happened during the last year? Was it all golf and fund raising?
4. Documents and computers recently recovered from the terrorists indicate that they have plans to enter the USA across the Mexican border to launch attacks. There are also indications that ISIS hopes to use biological weapons to kill tens of thousands. Again, this is fact, not conjecture.
5. Obama is off fund raising again. We have no strategy but he seems not to care. The Mexican border is being left unguarded for the most part, but Obama not only does not care, he applauds the move. Obama is so worried that his base might think that he favors military force, that I expect him to announce after a terrorist attack in the USA that there will be no boots on the ground in America.
I worry that two weeks from now we will all be wondering how the terror attack was allowed to happen. We knew it was likely, but our government let it happen. HOW COULD THAT BE?
I hope my fears are unfounded. I pray my fears are unfounded. But what if they are not?
Right now, it is twelve days until September 11th. This last year has been most likely the worst year of terrorism around the world since that terrible day in 2001. What is going to happen in less than two weeks? Is anyone in Washington actually paying attention to this? Let's look at what we know:
1. There are literally tens of thousands of terrorists who would like nothing better than to kill hundreds or thousands of Americans, particularly on September 11th. That fact is beyond debate.
2. President Obama and the Obamacrats have consistently played down the threat from the terrorists. Obama has even seemed somewhat delusional in his persistent refusal to recognize the threat from these groups. In 2012, despite a warning of potential trouble ahead of time, the USA was completely unprepared for the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi. Hillary Clinton, who was then Secretary of State, had even denied a request from the American ambassador in Libya for additional security and instead reduced the level of security in Benghazi for better appearance. When the attack came, Obama could not even be bothered to monitor what was happening, choosing instead to get ready for yet another fund raising trip, that time to Las Vegas.
3. With the biggest current threat, ISIS, Obama has also played down the threat and refused to plan how to deal with them. We all know that eight months ago, Obama dismissed ISIS as the "jayvee" terrorist team. Remember, he did that days after ISIS forces had taken control of Fallujah and Ramadi in Iraq, an area containing about a million people. That's a heck of a junior varsity! We also know that a year ago, Obama himself was asked at a news conference about how he planned to deal with ISIS and other terrorist groups besides al Qaeda that were operating in Syria and Iraq. Obama announced in August 2013 that the government was going to develop a strategy for confronting ISIS. Earlier this week, however, Obama said that there is no strategy for dealing with ISIS. What happened during the last year? Was it all golf and fund raising?
4. Documents and computers recently recovered from the terrorists indicate that they have plans to enter the USA across the Mexican border to launch attacks. There are also indications that ISIS hopes to use biological weapons to kill tens of thousands. Again, this is fact, not conjecture.
5. Obama is off fund raising again. We have no strategy but he seems not to care. The Mexican border is being left unguarded for the most part, but Obama not only does not care, he applauds the move. Obama is so worried that his base might think that he favors military force, that I expect him to announce after a terrorist attack in the USA that there will be no boots on the ground in America.
I worry that two weeks from now we will all be wondering how the terror attack was allowed to happen. We knew it was likely, but our government let it happen. HOW COULD THAT BE?
I hope my fears are unfounded. I pray my fears are unfounded. But what if they are not?
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