Ollie North: At War, Or Not At War: That is the Question

[unhappycamper]

At War, Or Not At War: That is the Question
By convicted felon Oliver North | January 21, 2010

Washington, D.C. -- "We are at war." So said the 44th President of the United States on January 7, 2010. These four words, a profound statement of the obvious, were belatedly uttered as our commander in chief transitioned from tropical sunsets on his "Hawaiian Holiday" to klieg lights at the White House in the aftermath of the Christmas Day "near-miss" terror attack aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 enroute from Amsterdam to Detroit. The phrase was startling -- because it wasn't an affirmation of a mindset Mr. Obama brought to office. Rather it was the reluctant admission of facts Mr. Obama has spent a year in office diligently trying to deny.

A year into this presidency, the so-called mainstream media and those who sample American public opinion are assessing what has changed and trying to explain the remarkable plunge in the president's "approval rating."

Two states he carried handily in the last election -- Virginia and Massachusetts -- have gone Republican. On the anniversary of his inaugural, polls show a significant majority of American voters believe the nation is "on the wrong track." A Zogby International survey found 40 percent believe Mr. Obama has "done worse than expected" and only 13 percent say he has "done better" than anticipated.

Though most political pundits ascribe rising antipathy toward Mr. Obama as the consequence of massive unemployment, a stagnant economic recovery and concern over massive spending and accumulating debt, there is also a growing sentiment that our commander in chief is simply unable to protect us from those who are trying to kill us.

Supporters of this President -- and they are legion -- have tried to portray the Christmas Day attack as an epiphany for Mr. Obama, but there is little evidence that this is so.


Rest of screed at: http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,209393,00.html?wh=news

[Lasher]

1. If we are at war, who is the enemy?

I'm told some of them have write editorials at Military.com.

[unhappycamper]

2. Yup.

And Ollie is one of them IMHO.