Obama refocuses terror threat to pre-9/11 level

Associated Press ^ | May 25, 2013 3:05 PM EDT | Robert Burns

[Olog-hai]

Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.

Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners. Instead, he is refocusing the long struggle against terrorism that lies ahead, steering the United States away from what he calls an equally frightening threat—a country in a state of perpetual war. In doing so, Obama recasts the image of the terrorists themselves, from enemy warriors to cowardly thugs and resets the relationship between the U.S. and Islam.

His speech Thursday was designed to move America’s mindset away from a war footing and refine and recalibrate his own counterterrorism strategy. Obama asserted that al-Qaida is “on the path to defeat,” reducing the scale of terrorism to pre-Sept. 11 levels. That means that with the Afghanistan war winding down, Obama is unlikely to commit troops in large numbers to any conflict—in Syria or other countries struggling with instability in the uncertain aftermath of the Arab Spring—unless, as his critics fear, he tragically has underestimated al-Qaida's staying power. …

[piasa]

Just wait until Obama solves the education problem by arbitrarily raising - via Executive Order- every child’s grade to an A+ !

[Nifster]

That was my first thought too....and also we should then get rid of DHS....double win

[Right Wing Assault]

Pre-9/11 would include 9/10, the second HIGHEST terrorism threat level day in our history!!

He’s pretty happy about that, huh? I guess HE is saying, “Mission Accomplished!”

I love how he just makes declarations that often have no basis in reality.

[trebb]

IOW, we are at about the same level of threat as we were directly prior to 9/11.....