We are now in the fifth week of President Obama’s leadership at the helm. He certainly has his hands full and the so called American main stream media has remained his most stalwart supporters but what has he achieved so far in keeping America safe from further terrorist attacks? We have all witnessed the MSM’s constant attacks of President Bush’s anti-terrorism efforts in everything from the detention of terrorists at Guantanamo, the water boarding and rendition polices, to the controversial voice interception of both American and non-American citizens within and without the continental United States. Despite what President Bush detractors will insist, often belligerently and extremely loudly, at the end of the day, one thing remains indisputable – no further Islamic terrorist events occurred within our nation since 9/11.

   Now it is a new administrations turn at the helm and I understand that with less than five weeks in office it may seem a bit presumptuous to be asking what our new president has done to keep us safe. Unless, of course, you haven’t been paying attention and/or only follow the MSM, thinking you are receiving anything like a fair and balanced report of world events or anything else for that matter. The mountain of evidence as to the direction our new president intends to take us in the so called “war on terror,” oops, that was the first casualty of this new administration. If you haven’t heard the term “war on terror” is history. The new administration still seems to be stumbling around a bit, trying to find a new phrase that projects the nuance intended by this new president, but the term “war on terror” was the first casualty.

   Presumptuously or not, I have put together a very short list of some of the high lights of the first weeks of President Obama’s reign.

a.       President Obama’s first formal interview was with al-Arabiya, during which the president strongly indicated the United States “new” direction and attitude towards those poor Muslims nations around the world. Our clueless new president showed his lack of knowledge of any recent history in this area, claiming that he hoped to resume those warm and fuzzy relations that Muslim nations used to enjoy with America as recently as 20 or 30 years ago. The list of America’s valiant efforts to assist Muslim nations around the world in places like Kosovo, Lebanon, Somalia, Palestinian refugees, etc., are only marred by the tragic loss of American lives in those same places. Let us not forget that it was during the end of 1979 that Iran attacked our embassy and held our citizens in an overt act of war against the U.S. for 444 days. This is arguably the beginning of the “modern” Islamic jihad against the non-Muslim world. Truly no good deed goes unpunished but that hasn’t stopped the U.S.A. from trying. Certainly there is a strong case to be made that appeasement of Muslim nations and groups such as al Qaeda, resulted in numerous and barbaric acts which culminated in 9/11.

b.      Only days after President Obama’s inauguration, an article by Suzanne Goldenberg in The Guardian on January 8 wrote, that the Obama administration was abandoning President Bush’s doctrine of non-negotiating with terror groups such as Hamas. Again, history has shown that negotiating with such nefarious organizations and persons is doomed to failure. Look at the Chamberlain – Hitler debacle. And since were on the subject of Hamas, have you heard that our clueless new president has signed an order allowing tens of thousands of Palestinians to come on over to America and bring their virulent hatred for all things Israeli and American to our own shores? Talk about generous! I certainly see lots of advantages to this plan don't you?   

c.       Again, only days after Obama takes over, the government of Pakistan releases the infamous Dr. A.Q. Khan from his “house arrest.” This is the same individual who assisted such friendly countries such as Iran, North Korea, and Libya with their nuclear weapons development. The Pakistani government then proceeded to demand more of America’s billions in aid, but brazenly insist that they shouldn’t be “accountable” for the hand out of our tax dollars, as had been the nominal case under Bush.   

d.      Then the great Muslim nation of Yemen announces its release of no less than 170 terrorists according to an AP report on February 8. Many of these terrorists had been held at the request and insistence of President Bush. 

e.       President Obama has ordered that Gitmo be closed within one year and that all ongoing terrorist trials are halted to allow for a “review” of the situation and how these butchers of innocent men, women and children can potentially be better served within our nations existing justice system. This completely fails to take into account that the current non-state (and even state sponsored) terrorism is a modern problem not envisioned by our founding fathers. It also fails to take into account that since the 1960’s liberal judges and U.S. lawmakers have created so many “new” rights for criminals that it is difficult enough to prosecute the common garden variety criminals, let alone the modern terrorist of today. Any attempt to move these Islamic terrorists into our main stream prison and criminal justice system completely ignores the history and experience of western European nations such as Great Briton. They have been doing this for years and are now dealing with a terrorist recruitment and breeding ground of more Islamic radical terrorists. Even our convicted and sentenced convicts have so many appeal rights that they are able to continue spending millions and millions of our taxpayer dollars, while tying up our already overburdened court dockets. Did you know that England no longer fly’s their nation’s flag over English prisons because it might offend the Muslim inmates? Did you know that they spent tens of millions of their taxpayer’s dollars to reconfigure many of the prisons toilets so that they face Mecca? Or that the correctional officers have admitted to being terrified of their Muslim inmates?

f.       President Obama and Hillary Clinton, the new Secretary of State, have both indicated that they want to open negotiations with Iran, Syria, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood. They are planning to lift the sanctions on the terrorist state of Syria and President Obama’s team has been working closely with Muslim Brotherhood organizations long before he ever became the president. For those who are not aware the MB’s stated goal is, “their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.” A former FBI agent (Shelbyville Times-Gazette article from Feb, 17) recently told a group of federal agents and employee’s that the MB is working through a network of Islamic organizations within the U.S. to implement Islamic Law. The former agent stated that our government agencies are reluctant to act against these Islamic organizations due to political correctness and the threats of lawsuits. The former agent is reported to have said, “If you are looking to DHS, the FBI and Congress to solve this … you’re going to be woefully disappointed.” Doesn’t that make you feel better?   

g.      While were on the subject of the FBI have you heard that this premier law enforcement agency is preparing to release its agents from counter-intelligence duties to the more recent spate of economic fraud crimes. Doesn’t it make you feel better that the Madoff’s and Stanford’s will get their comeuppance, but who’s watching over our nation and preventing another 9/11 attack?

h.      According to a World Tribune report from Feb, 9, Syria is openly building a chemical weapons facility but that doesn’t appear to be even a speed bump for our president’s determination to remove Syria from our sanctions list.

i.        Reports from earlier this month indicate that Obama’s team’s intentions of gutting our national defense spending requests are preceding full speed ahead. This despite the fact that America is involved in two war fronts, our own attempts to protect America, and the pressing need to replace old and destroyed military hardware. Bush’s intention to station anti-ballistic missiles in Poland, over the objections of our good friends the Russians, was designed to protect America from nuclear missile threats from Iran. Obama has questioned the technological success of this program and in his usual arrogant way, has all but scrapped a system that has been proving to be quite successful over the past couple of years. I have always believed that a good indicator of the righteousness of our path is if it pisses off the former soviet empire, then we are truly headed in the right direction.  

j.        The good old moderate Muslim nation of Malaysia freed 3 terrorists according to a Reuters report from Feb, 14. Despite the fact that one of the 3 was believed to be involved in a 2002 plot to crash an aircraft into a U.S. building. Obama’s response? Silence as usual.  

k.      The Christian Action Network just released a video and a 2006 Justice Department document that exposes that our government knows of 35 Islamic jihadists training camps within the U.S. but that they are intentionally ignoring them!

l.        Another great American and Democrat, John Kerry, while visiting the Israeli-Palestinian region, indicated that he had received a letter from Hamas to deliver to President Obama. Kerry was also credited with reportedly telling Hamas that he was willing to “listen and learn.” Learn what exactly? How to make bombs or cut off heads?   

m.    The Obama administration has reportedly agreed to back Pakistan’s deal with the Taliban to allow the imposition of Sharia Law in significant areas of Pakistan. In for the appeasement penny, in for the pound, I always say.

n.      A week after the new president made his comments about offering America’s open hand in friendship, Iran launched its first Earth satellite atop an ICBM. Iran also responded that IT wouldn’t speak to the new president until and unless President Obama apologized for all the suffering it had forced on the poor Iranian jihadist and lifted all sanctions. A fairly reasonable expectation given our new presidents track record thus far.

o.      Despite Russia’s recent spate of anti-American, anti-European, and generally, anti-free world provocations, President Obama’s response has been equally happy-go-lucky, offering to push the “reset button” with Russia. I am sure that has the Russian leaders feeling very warm and fuzzy. They must feel like a poker professional who hears a new rube sitting down at their table and admitting they don't really play much.