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Well, MY brain gives me THIS thought process: I too an aware of the numerous thwarted terrorist acts, even though this Administration, in its profound political tone-deafness, has not capitalized on the good job it is doing in thwarting them. If it were me, and I DID have something substantive to crow about, I would have set up a separate publicity machine JUST to keep the American people abreast of what the various LE agencies were doing, just as I would be sure the American people were informed of "all the good things that were happening in Iraq". This kind of PR seems to be permanently on the back burner, with the heat turned off. Bear in mind, though, that virtually ALL of the successes in apprehending , deporting, and/or jailing these Jihadist types have found the plotters in some very embryonic
"planning stage" which may or may not have eventually led to an attack of ANY consequence: we have not caught anyone with their hand IN the cookie jar, but a lot of people whose mouths are watering looking at the cookies.
As you put it, "I want my President to have the authority to do what he can to make sure that there are no more attacks on America." Well, so do I, and even though as I said we are not given many details about the progress of plans for our destruction, I can see that the Administration has done SOMETHING to thwart attacks. ALL THE MORE REASON why the Islamic political sphere is widening its influence here: the "good cop/bad cop" game that CAIR is playing, and the election of people like Ellison, is what will do us in: this President has been so busy kowtowing to the "Good Muslims" here and elsewhere, assuring them that HE believes Islam is a religon of Peace, that he has embraced the Islamic influence, even WELCOMED it, EVERYWHERE, including the MILITARY. I DON'T welcome it, because I see a dangerous trend developing : the one that has turned Europe upside down for several years now. This is a trend that HAS to be arrested, stopped, or reversed, or in 50 years we ourselves will be marginalized in our own country. Things have generally gone so badly for this Administration because of its fatuous "uniter-not-divider" ethos emanating directly down from the head and heart of the Commander-in-Chief. The Democrats have NEVER been interested in being united with the other side: Islamic Jihadists ALSO see postures like that to be signs of weakness and exploit them mercilessly, just like the Dems. But it is that impossible piety that Bush has, that has paved the way now for the very real possibility that Hillary Clinton will be the next President.