Notwithstanding periodic drone strikes on bad guys, Obama has demonstrated repeatedly that his instinct is to ignore, dismiss, or downplay threats to the United States and its interests and allies. The record over six years is a long list of mistaken judgments, awkward euphemisms, and false assurances.
So when Nidal Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood it wasn't a terrorist attack but "workplace violence." And when Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit, he was an "isolated extremist." And when Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate an SUV in Times Square five months later, it was a "one-off" attack. And when jihadists attacked the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, it was a simple protest gone awry.
The problem in each of these instances wasn't just that the descriptions were incorrect. It's that the administration knew they were wrong and made the false claims anyway.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/obama-s-failure_867714.html
So when Nidal Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood it wasn't a terrorist attack but "workplace violence." And when Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit, he was an "isolated extremist." And when Faisal Shahzad attempted to detonate an SUV in Times Square five months later, it was a "one-off" attack. And when jihadists attacked the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, it was a simple protest gone awry.
The problem in each of these instances wasn't just that the descriptions were incorrect. It's that the administration knew they were wrong and made the false claims anyway.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/obama-s-failure_867714.html
