CNN
reported today that we have had more reported terrorist attempts on
American soil last year than in all the years combined from 2002 to
2009. Only weeks after the failed car bombing of New York's Times
Square, the Department of Homeland Security says "the number and pace of
attempted attacks against the United States over the past nine months
have surpassed the number of attempts during any other previous one-year
period."
This
frightening assessment is contained in an unclassified DHS intelligence
memo prepared for various law enforcement groups, which says terror
groups are expected to try attacks inside the United States with
"increased frequency."
To
put it bluntly: America has become more dangerous and vulnerable over
the past 17 months, rather than safer and stronger. President Obama
capitalized on the anti-Bush rhetoric during the election, but what
evidence does he have to offer that he has improved homeland security so
far.
CNN's
story comes on the heels of Pres. Obama debuting his new national
security strategy based on diplomacy rather than war. To quote the White
House report, "Our
long-term security will not come from our ability to instill fear in
other peoples but through our capacity to speak to their hopes." So
instead of being protector and enforcer, the United States will be the
world's motivational coach. Enough with the "hope." The hope of radical
Islamics is to kill the infidels. The hope of Iran is to destroy Israel.
This is the type of naive, backwards, idealistic policy that thinks we
can keep everyone safe by making everyone happy. It's absurd, and don't
be shocked if the number of terrorist attacks continue to rise in the
United States.
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