March 22, 2009
Barack Obama’s Advertisement of Weakness

Posted at 10:40 am, in: Barack Obama
Tags: bush, Obama, Terrorism

Why doesn’t President Obama get that you can’t treat terrorists like normal criminals who just need to be “brought to justice.”

“How many terrorists have actually been brought to justice under the philosophy that is being promoted by Vice President Cheney?” Mr. Obama said Friday in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on “60 Minutes” on CBS.

The president was responding to recent charges by Mr. Cheney that the administration’s decision to shut down the Guantánamo prison, along with other policies on the treatment of terrorism suspects, would make the United States more vulnerable to attacks.

Bush administration terrorism policy “hasn’t made us safer,” Mr. Obama said, according to excerpts of the interview released Saturday.

“What it has been,” he continued, “is a great advertisement for anti-American sentiment.”
What exactly would be justice for a person who has dedicated their whole life to killing Americans, and promises to return to that task as soon as they are released?

Mr. President, what do you think has kept us safe from another attack on American soil since 9/11? I love how everything else is Bush’s fault, except for the fact we’ve remained safe. Is that just a fluke, unrelated to President Bush’s policies on terrorism?

These people hate us. They were anti-American long before Bush came along. Stop being so naïve, my beloved Commander-in-Chief. Look at the history books and you’ll see this simple truth.

Your advertisement of weakness will do much more harm than what you call Bush’s “great advertisement for anti-American sentiment.”