Obama? Feel The Pressure Yet?
Obama Under Pressure Over Botched Airplane Bombing:
Soft talk about engagement, closing Gitmo, these things are not going to appease the terrorists,” said Jim DeMint, a Republican senator from South Carolina.
“They’re going to keep coming after us, and we can’t have politics as usual in Washington, and I’m afraid that’s what we’ve got right now with airport security,”
Barack Obama, US president, answered such critics on Tuesday with a surprisingly blunt admission that “human and systemic failures” were to blame for allowing the 23-year-old Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to board the aircraft.
His insistence of a preliminary report on investigators’ initial findings by Thursday will also go some way to suggestions that the president is gaining a reputation for taking his time to consider before making security decisions.
Security has been tightened at airports across the US and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an inquiry into how the incident happened.
The American People have been emboldened by the administration’s faltering response to the attempted attack. Janet Napolitano, the homeland security secretary, on Sunday said “the system worked” but later performed a U-turn, saying that it did not work and “no one is happy with that”, comments that were reinforced by Mr Obama on Tuesday.
Peter Hoekstra, a congressman from Michigan and ranking Republican of the House intelligence committee, said the suspect should have had a red flag next to his name.
“You would have thought this would go right to the top of the list,” Mr Hoekstra told CBS on Tuesday. “This threat is real . . . We need to be on offence.”
Americans traditionally perceive Republicans to be strong on national security issues.
“If this line of attack continues, it is going to reveal problems not just with the Obama administration but with the homeland security system, a system that was put in place by President [George W.] Bush,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor at Princeton University.
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PRESIDENT OBAMA! GET YOUR ASS HOME!
We are under attack once again and you are on vacation. You need to take care of YOUR PEOPLE!
You can not treat this as a Police Action Again! We are AT WAR!!! And the enemy is out there ready to strike us once again, probably New Year's Eve. You cannot ignore this situation or make some speech. You have to come home and deal with this crap.
Oh Man, If this was President Bush, the people would be calling for his head on a platter.
Dont think YOU are going to get away with hiding from this situation. If you do, you will be the weakest President I Have Ever Seen!!
Soft talk about engagement, closing Gitmo, these things are not going to appease the terrorists,” said Jim DeMint, a Republican senator from South Carolina.
“They’re going to keep coming after us, and we can’t have politics as usual in Washington, and I’m afraid that’s what we’ve got right now with airport security,”
Barack Obama, US president, answered such critics on Tuesday with a surprisingly blunt admission that “human and systemic failures” were to blame for allowing the 23-year-old Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to board the aircraft.
His insistence of a preliminary report on investigators’ initial findings by Thursday will also go some way to suggestions that the president is gaining a reputation for taking his time to consider before making security decisions.
Security has been tightened at airports across the US and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an inquiry into how the incident happened.
The American People have been emboldened by the administration’s faltering response to the attempted attack. Janet Napolitano, the homeland security secretary, on Sunday said “the system worked” but later performed a U-turn, saying that it did not work and “no one is happy with that”, comments that were reinforced by Mr Obama on Tuesday.
Peter Hoekstra, a congressman from Michigan and ranking Republican of the House intelligence committee, said the suspect should have had a red flag next to his name.
“You would have thought this would go right to the top of the list,” Mr Hoekstra told CBS on Tuesday. “This threat is real . . . We need to be on offence.”
Americans traditionally perceive Republicans to be strong on national security issues.
“If this line of attack continues, it is going to reveal problems not just with the Obama administration but with the homeland security system, a system that was put in place by President [George W.] Bush,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor at Princeton University.
Rest Of Story Here
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PRESIDENT OBAMA! GET YOUR ASS HOME!
We are under attack once again and you are on vacation. You need to take care of YOUR PEOPLE!
You can not treat this as a Police Action Again! We are AT WAR!!! And the enemy is out there ready to strike us once again, probably New Year's Eve. You cannot ignore this situation or make some speech. You have to come home and deal with this crap.
Oh Man, If this was President Bush, the people would be calling for his head on a platter.
Dont think YOU are going to get away with hiding from this situation. If you do, you will be the weakest President I Have Ever Seen!!
Labels: National Defence, Obama, Weak
posted by Marie's Two Cents | 5:46 PM
16 Comments:
You hit the nail straight and dead center on the head Marie. It wasn't long ago I was was listening to a few black businessmen discussing Obama. They saw right through his act and said that they would never hire a guy like Obama because he is all words and no work.
Obama has got Vinegar Joe Biden behind the scenes directing national defense and you can tell because Vinegar Joe never met a terrorist he wouldn't try to appease rather than confront and defeat him. Obama's security team is lacking direction and leadership because Obama is only a community organizer and not Commander in Chief material.
Janet Napolitano said the system worked just like it should have to stop the terrorists. I guess. I think what she meant was it was up to the passengers to take care of it because the government is too busy trying to take our health care away from us so it's up to us to provide the defense against terrorists ourselves. What a bunch a lame brains. So goes the leftists.
Jenn,
My mom had a saying like that I remember "All Talk, No Action".
At this point since Joe Biden is so full of piss and vinegar, I would feel safer if 'HE' were running the Country.
Looks like we may have to go back to Washington again GF!
The thing about Biden being in control of national defense is, Biden is always wrong about foreign policy and security and that's his track record.
They keep Biden under wraps and away from the microphones so he can't put his foot in his mouth and and further embarrass an already perceived highly incompetent admin.
Biden is as hard to find these days as Obama's birth certificate.
...Looks like we may have to go back to Washington again GF!
Yeah, but this time we will be there to demand the resignations of the current leaders that are driving us into bankruptcy
If it were Bush, he'd be playing golf the next week like he did after 9/11, after 3,000 people were killed.
No one was killed in the terrorist attempt on Christmas.
Jenn,
Yeah, but Biden has been around alot longer than Obama and at least Joe wasn't a Community Agitator!
I wish we had more of a choice than what we do with what's in office, but with what we have to work with at the moment, I would wrather have Idiot Joe than Idiot Obama at this point.
Fed,
Obama has played more golf in the last year than Bush did his entire Presidency!
Not to mention Bush never left the Country when we were under attack on 9-11.
And it's an absolute miracle that no one was killed on this last botched terror attack, not that Obama would notice, 444444444!!!
Marie,
Update: Hawaii is an official state of the United States of America.
Obama has played more golf than Bush did in his entire presidency?
That's a good one!
"Now watch this drive!"
I forgot. Bush quit playing golf in 2003 because he felt enormous guilt sending troops to his unjust war and illegal invasion of Iraq.
So far they are tied.
I doubt Obama will surpass Bush's number of vacation days....over 1,000 total! That is a record. He beat the great Ronald Reagan for number of vacation days in an 8 year presidency. Nice work.
Fed,
We still have 3 Long, God Awful years left with this administration.
I'm sure Obama will surpass Bush on vacation time, hell he's already off to a good start.
Oh you mean the unjust, illegal war that UN Resolution 1441 declared was legit, and that both Houses of Congress (Yes Democrats Included) Voted Yes On? The same war Dingey Harry Reid declared was lost before it was won? That war?
You really need to get over your "Bush Derangement Syndrome", he isnt President anymore.
Fed,
Did I mention by Obama going back to the "Policing" of Terrorists instead of a War On Them, he isnt just risking his own safety, but the safety of the American people?
Fed,
Sorry Dude,
But The Obama Love Affair is over and reality is setting in and Americans dont like it!
2010 will be a Red Year!
Red year? Communist! I knew it!
Fed,
You are crazy ya know that?
What else do you do with terrorists who have no allegiance to any one nation? HOW does one declare war on a concept, such as terrorism?
Kind of like Nixon's war on drugs? How's that workin' out?
They really have you guys duped. That Fox News hit the lottery when people started believing the toxic vomit they spew.
Fed,
Awwwwwwww, you have a problem with Fox News? LOL!
I guess moving into the HenHouse with the Hens is a bit bewildering.
Never Know what to expect!
What else do you do with terrorists who have no allegiance to any one nation? HOW does one declare war on a concept, such as terrorism?
Uhhhhhhh, Lock 'em up in GITMO? Oh that's right Terrorist's have right's now under YOUR President.
I guess spend hundreds of thousands of our tax dollars on their defense? Make sure they have a fair trial? Even though they were picked up on the battlefeild.
Let's pay millions of dollars to make sure they are safe as they are going to and coming back and forth from trial that they will be found guilty of anyway!!! YeeeHawwwww!!!!! Way to waste more Taxpayer Money.
Sometimes I dont know what is wrong with you people except the fact that you are blind as bats!
EVERYONE has rights under the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights is not exclusive to American citizens. It does not mention "American citizens" anywhere in the Bill of Rights.
Marie, if you don't like being American, you should move. We do things differently here.
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