We have no policy for defending the country anymore. Nothing proactive in any sense or practice.
The reactive policy is what you see now, a blame game, pass the buck, dodge the hard ball facts.
Posted on 01/07/2010 8:03:37 PM PST by Bigtigermike
It could be said that the U.S. government can run by remote control. On the day that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up a Northwest airline flight headed for Detroit, several key government players were on holiday and didn't immediately return to their posts in Washington, D.C.
President Obama was on vacation in Hawaii, golfing and enjoying time with his family. He returned to the White House on Jan. 4.
A source told CBS News that Leon Panetta, director of the CIA, was on holiday in Monterey, Calif. when Abdulmutallab was apprehended, and didn't return to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. until the weekend following Jan. 1.he CIA maintained that Panetta's absence from Langley was not a problem. "While we don't comment on the Director's whereabouts, wherever he is—and at every moment of every day—he has the ability to communicate instantly and securely with anyone he needs to be in touch with," a CIA spokesman said.
In addition, Stephen Kappes, CIA deputy director, reportedly didn't see the need to return to CIA headquarters from his vacation despite the major intelligence community failure. He returned to Washington, D.C. just after the Khost bombing on Dec. 30 that killed seven CIA officers.
And, the White House has been busy today putting its support behind National Counterterrorism Director Michael Leiter, who decided it would be acceptable to go on a six-day vacation with his 7-year-old son the day after Abdulmutallab's attempted bombing.
John Brennan, the president's chief counterterrorism adviser, said he authorized Leiter to take the vacation time after concluding that Leiter had a "full complement" of people and deputies to deal with the situation and that he "deserved" the vacation.
Denis McDonough, National Security Staff Chief of Staff, chimed in that Leiter's vacation "did not affect in any way his ability to remain engaged with all elements of the United States Government."
LOL! I thought someone was playing mind games with me!
Actually, that would be number 4.
Not a half bad thought. Would explain why the address was pushed back several times, and the lack of any real substance or detail when we'd been prepped to be "shocked."
Democrats don’t believe in Christ. Why would they bother to celebrate Christmas? They really should be at work since the season has no import to them.
Given that Bill Clinton had a meeting with him, that’s all I could reasonably come up with and Hillary has been deafeningly silent, as though she were trying go unnoticed. That pesky VISA DOS issued to the Nigerian.
NOTHING gets between an APPARATCHIK and a VACATION.
This is not a big deal unless you are a republican.
“Why was everyone avoiding DC that week? ... Did we dodge a bigger bullet?”
Napolitano phoned in from San Francisco.
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0bama, Hawaii
Biden, Virgin Islands
Pelosi, Hawaii
Byrd, ???
Hillary ???
None of those people did anything. By the time they heard about the problem, it had been dealt with, by a passenger.
Now CBS wants to make it a victory for long distance micro-management.
And check this out:
BBC Interviews Ted Koeppel: Is Obama 'overreacting' to Al Qaeda? ( Video )
Name the 4 most powerful weapons Obummer`s administration has used against terrorists on US soil:
Golf, Skiiing, Monterey Jack and Cable Cars
We simply have a clone of the BJ administration. Pure and simple. One does not need to pull ones hair out in the pursuit of trying to figure it out.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2320.htm
Nobody is talking about this. But, it is important to military leaders to use the Strategy as a guideline and consideration for making leadership decisions.
Obama has no strategy published.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/nss.pdf
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/2008%20national%20defense%20strategy.pdf
Obamas Current Page.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/nsc/
Goldwater Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986
http://www.ndu.edu/library/goldnich/goldnich.html
Goldwater-Nichols requires the new President publish a National Security Strategy within 180 days of taking office. July, 2009, was when it was due.
Still no strategy...
Hmmmmm ....
Val was in HI with the 0’s, Rahm was in India ....
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