Thanks for Backtracking, Obama

[nowhereman 1]

The fact that Obama is irritating both the liberals & the neocons is a big as far as I'm concerned.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

I knew that would smoke you out. You haven't left Obama. Obama left you.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

I knew that would smoke you out. You haven't left Obama. Obama left you.

While you embrace empty rhetoric, I'm basing my opinion on what I've read by counter terrorist experts. But please, continue framing me as the one with the ideological bias. Feel free to find it for yourself.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

I knew that would smoke you out. You haven't left Obama. Obama left you.

While you embrace empty rhetoric, I'm basing my opinion on what I've read by counter terrorist experts. But please, continue framing me as the one with the ideological bias. Feel free to find it for yourself.

No need. You have already done that on your own.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Precisely what I like about him. He's no saint, and he is not going to always do the 'right thing' but I do not want an idealogue in power, they are the nuttiest and most dangerous sort.

Yeah he is looking a bit Tony Blair these days - the stock standard of smarmy politician.

Not a nutjob, and not the "most liberal ever" guff that people were trapping off about.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

I knew that would smoke you out. You haven't left Obama. Obama left you.

While you embrace empty rhetoric, I'm basing my opinion on what I've read by counter terrorist experts. But please, continue framing me as the one with the ideological bias. Feel free to find it for yourself.

No need. You have already done that on your own.

Come on, Bill - where's your copy and paste skills at today? Find some expert counter terrorists studies or opinion that back up your claim. God forbid anyone here think that you base your opinion on empty rhetoric.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

I knew that would smoke you out. You haven't left Obama. Obama left you.

While you embrace empty rhetoric, I'm basing my opinion on what I've read by counter terrorist experts. But please, continue framing me as the one with the ideological bias. Feel free to find it for yourself.

No need. You have already done that on your own.

Come on, Bill - where's your copy and paste skills at today? Find some expert counter terrorists studies or opinion that back up your claim. God forbid anyone here think that you base your opinion on empty rhetoric.

No, I will let the obvious speak for itself.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

I knew that would smoke you out. You haven't left Obama. Obama left you.

While you embrace empty rhetoric, I'm basing my opinion on what I've read by counter terrorist experts. But please, continue framing me as the one with the ideological bias. Feel free to find it for yourself.

No need. You have already done that on your own.

Come on, Bill - where's your copy and paste skills at today? Find some expert counter terrorists studies or opinion that back up your claim. God forbid anyone here think that you base your opinion on empty rhetoric.

No, I will let the obvious speak for itself.

You coming up empty handed without any substance to back up your claim speaks volumes.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

For anyone not blinded by ideology, should read this:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/Reforming%...20Event%202.pdf

Budget: Adequate funding for the counterterrorism foreign assistance programs is a real problem, even

after 9/11. Since 2002, the program’s budget has fluctuated, cut in some years and increased in others.

The actual FY 2008 allocation for ATA, made by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) and the State Department after Congress cut the overall Foreign Assistance Budget request, was

back down to a total of $128.5 million. The FY 2009 level and carried over by the Continuing resolution is

$141.5 million, although about $17 million of the budget is earmarked for Afghanistan and will fund,

among other items, protection for the President of Afghanistan.

Decreases in ATA funding, have generally resulted from funding request cuts made by the State

Department budget office, then OMB, and finally by the Congressional Appropriations Committee as

part of the struggle between competing priorities for scarce dollars. When the terrorist threat seems

less prominent in the perception of budget officers and Congress, funding for overseas counterterrorism

programs typically assumes a lower priority. For example, as I related in my book, The Evolution of US

Counterterrorism Policies when I asked a House Appropriations Committee staffer a couple of years ago

why the Committee increased spending for the de‐mining program but cut ATA, she replied, “We

received more letters about de‐mining.”3

[mawilson 2,133]

I like Obama more and more.

He may yet prove to be the best Republican president we've ever had.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You have to admit, that by keeping most of the Bush anti-terrorism policies intact, America has been spared another attack since Obama took office.

Rhetorical BS. Read what counter terrorists have said regarding worldwide attacks and the general safety of the U.S. from terrorist attacks. There are still numerous targets of vulnerability which were pointed out in the 911 Commission that were all but ignored by the Bush Administration. Hell, they didn't even want to recognize the validity of the findings from that Commission until they realized the political backlash from not doing so.

I knew that would smoke you out. You haven't left Obama. Obama left you.

While you embrace empty rhetoric, I'm basing my opinion on what I've read by counter terrorist experts. But please, continue framing me as the one with the ideological bias. Feel free to find it for yourself.

No need. You have already done that on your own.

Come on, Bill - where's your copy and paste skills at today? Find some expert counter terrorists studies or opinion that back up your claim. God forbid anyone here think that you base your opinion on empty rhetoric.

No, I will let the obvious speak for itself.

You coming up empty handed without any substance to back up your claim speaks volumes.

You really do need a hug, don't you?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

For someone who likes to play dodgeball, Bill, you aren't very good at it.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

For someone who likes to play dodgeball, Bill, you aren't very good at it.