Ridiculous. He's not asleep at the wheel, HE WANTS ANOTHER 9/11 ATTACK.
--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Publius Maximus <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] Asleep at the switch? > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 10:15 AM > - - - > A Senate hearing last week confirmed the public's worst > concern about > Barack Obama: That when it comes to national security Obama > hasn't > just been asleep at the switch, he hasn't even bothered to > find the > switch. > > "I do not think he (Obama) has a firm grasp yet on the > intelligence > community," 9/11 Commission Vice-Chairman and former > Democrat > congressman Lee Hamilton told the Senate Homeland Security > Committee. > > This, even though Obama has been in office for over a year > now. > > "We were not paying close attention in this area," > commission Chairman > Thomas Kean testified at the hearing into intelligence > lapses prior to > the Christmas Day attempted airliner bombing. Kean noted > that Obama > has instead been focused on such issues as health care and > cap-and-trade. > > The two men have historically been circumspect about > making > politically charged statements, but they painted a portrait > of an > intelligence community, America's first line of defense > against its > jihadi enemies, that is devolving into disarray under > Obama's > leadership--or lack thereof. > > "It's my impression that the intelligence community is new, > relatively > new to the president," Hamilton said, adding, "I'm pretty > strong in my > thought that he has to step in pretty hard here. Or some of > these > tensions that have surfaced will exacerbate." > > "He's gotta stay on top of this," Kean pleaded. He also > called the > Christmas Day attempted attack, "a wakeup call." > > "We got distracted a bit, I think. Everybody from the > president on > down got distracted, and we weren't paying full attention > to this > area, and so these things were allowed to develop, cracks > were allowed > to form and things got a little off track." > > ... > > The picture that emerged from the hearing was of a > president > disinterested in national security, more concerned about > health scare > and cap-and-tax than in preventing what his Homeland > Security chief > infamously called "man-caused disasters"; of an > administration more > busy fighting turf wars than waging the real war against > Islamic > terrorists--whom Obama refuses to even call by that name; > of a > Commander in Chief who doesn't take seriously his most > essential job > of protecting this country's citizens, more focused on > extending > terrorists these citizens' rights than he is on gathering > the > intelligence needed to keep Americans safe. > > The Obamedia all but ignored the hearing, of course. It was > more > important for them to protect their anointed One ... even > if folks' > lives are at stake. > - - - > > To quote Jean, "Sigh." > > - Publius > > -- > > "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this > country, > under an efficient government, will probably be an > increasing object > of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that > enterprises to > subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of > foreign > powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted > by some of > them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can > be > avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but > those whose > situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the > faithful > and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers > #59] > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
