Posted on 06/19/2008 3:13:43 PM PDT by Former Dodger
June 19, 2008 -- NAME-BRAND journalists have let Barack Obama make any claim he chooses about Iraq, Afghanistan or coping with terrorism without pinning him down for details. Yet many of his comments and positions seem stunningly naive about national security. Given that this man may become our next president, shouldn't he explain how he'd do the many impressive things he's promised? This week, Obama claimed, again, that he'd promptly capture Osama bin Laden. OK, tell me how: Specifically, which concrete measures would he take that haven't been taken? How would he force our intelligence agencies to locate bin Laden? And he can't just respond, "That's classified." He also claimed that fighting terrorism is a law-enforcement problem, not a military one (should we send the NYPD to Mosul and Kandahar?), and that the answer to terrorism is the approach taken after the 1993 World Trade Center attack, featuring conventional trials and prison terms. That flaccid post-'93 response only encouraged terrorists - who are unfazed by the prospect of a US prison, where the quality of life's better than it was at home. The Clinton administration's hesitancy and softness gave us the subsequent attacks on the Khobar Towers housing complex in Saudi Arabia, on our embassies in East Africa, on the USS Cole and, ultimately, the events of 9/11. The senator needs to tell us why it would be different now. Obama has also said he'd send our troops into Pakistan, although he'll withdraw rapidly from Iraq. His unwillingness to discuss the consequences of a hasty retreat from Baghdad is one thing - but invading Pakistan would be an order of magnitude worse.
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In an Obama presidency, Osama bin Laden is much more likely to be the one "catching" Obama, catching Obama off guard in the White House and pulling another 9/11 style dive-bombing on it, due to Obama's unwillingness to conduct war against terrorists or to protect our borders.
Obama, you should not feel too chummy with the likes of Osama bin Laden and other terrorists, because when it comes down to it Osama would like to kill you as much as any of us Americans. Being "friendly" to the Muslim point of view will not protect you from the terrorists' plans- only in ensuring the terrorists' defeat will we all be made safer.
Excellent editorial by Ralph Peters
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