There is not doubt that George W. Bush may have been wrong,
in hindsight, about the way the war in Iraq was conducted. Hindsight, however, is a two-edged sword. One
of the tenets of W’s war against Islamic Extremism was to keep them on their
heels ON THEIR TERRITORY by constantly and aggressively pursuing offensive
military actions against them in order to keep them from our shores and
eventually defeat them.
I blame Barak Obama and the European left for putting their
heads in the sand and putting their idealism ahead of realism. There is the
world as we “want it to be” and the world of “reality”. The deaths in Nice, in
Paris, in Orlando, San Bernardino and Boston are testimony to the failed
foreign policy of President Obama AND Hillary Clinton. Obama’s premature pulling
out of Iraq and his indecision over Syria will become military legend in how
the misuse of power has consequences. Obama has allowed an almost defeated
enemy to flourish, expand and threaten the entire world. Under Obama’s
leadership we have failed to adjust to the asymmetrical nature of this enemy
that doesn’t need F-35s or cruise misses. Their demented faith and willingness
to die has turned every car into a guided missile, and every public venue into
a potential terrorist target. If ISIS’s goal is to make American’s and the West
live in fear, they are obviously achieving their goal.
One thing you can say about Bush is that we felt safe when
he was President. Under Obama, we have the reality of Islamic terrorism at
home, a police who are afraid to conduct their jobs, a justice department that
demands that local police “stand down” (Ferguson) and let rioting ensue in
order to not exacerbate an already out-of-hand situation. The bottom line is
that the thin veneer of civility that we take for granted in our lives is
fragile and could easily disappear in seconds without swift and decisive law
and order. It seems that law and order are secondary to the rights and feelings
of rioters, thugs and terrorists.
Disclaimer: The BLM
people have a legit argument regarding police brutality and they have the right
to protest – legally.
