A commander-in-chief’s first and foremost duty and responsibility is protecting American citizens. Obama gave a speech and announced that a terrorist’s ability to board an American airliner with explosives in his underwear was a “systemic failure.”
But as Toby Harnden, the U.S. editor of the British Daily Telegraph noted in his column [1], Obama is in charge of that system.
I agree with Harnden that Obama gets an F for national security.
Obama’s first year in office as president was marked by Obama’s frequent apologies for America, his bowing to foreign leaders and his treatment of captured foreign terrorists like they were U.S. citizens with constitutional rights.
These actions are perceived as weakness by al-Qadea and other enemies of America. Their reading of his weak leadership empowers them to commit bold and deadly attacks on us. Obama must think he is the community-organizer-in chief. He needs to toughen up and deal harshly with America’s enemies.
Obama must become a tougher commander-in-chief in 2010. America deserves and demands it.
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