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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Obama Challenged to Move From War on Terror to Routine Vigilance
From Global Security Newswire:
On Sept. 11, 2001, George W. Bush took America to war. On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama took the helm of a war-weary nation. The armed forces are worn down by repeated deployments and more than 4,800 deaths. Law enforcement is frazzled by seven years in which the Homeland Security Department's color-coded level of alert has never dropped below "yellow: elevated: a significant risk of terrorist attacks."
As the recession crimps federal, state, and local budgets, no level of government can stay on a war footing forever. So, without letting security slide, President Obama must somehow convert his predecessor's "global war on terror" into a routine, sustainable function of governance.
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My Comment: A long post, but interesting reading. If President Obama can convert the "war on error" to a regular enforcement status .....more power to him. But if another 9/11 should happen on his watch .... we will have to be ready to accept the idea that maybe the Bush Doctrine is the best way to protect America.
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