How Is Obama Doing On National Security?

President Obama speaks to CIA employees at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va.
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The Big Question: How Is Obama Doing On National Security? -- The Hill

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Today's question:

How is the Obama administration handling national security?

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My Comment: I do not even know where to begin in answering this question .... but I will try.

I somewhat share the sentiments of the majority of the people that were recently polled on this issue, with the results released yesterday. Independents are abandoning the Democrat Party in droves on security related issues, and this trend will probably continue. But while Americans are critical of Congressional Democrats, they still view President Obama in a favourable light when it comes to national security.

I do not share this sentiment on President Obama .... but then again I have been critical of every President on national security issues since (and including) President Reagan. I appreciate the problems and complexities that a US President must go through .... and the near impossibility of being successful in keeping us safe while maintaining the liberties and freedoms that we take for granted. President Obama has a different vision of what needs to be done .... and I do recognize that he was elected with that mandate .... a mandate that we must respect and give the necessary time to be implemented.

But .... if a terror strike(s) does hit the US in the coming year(s), this sentiment will radically change. President Obama's approval index will plummet, and he will pounded on National Security in the next election. Elections have consequences .... and so does the policies that are enacted by a new administration. Another 9/11 will have consequences to President Obama and Congressional Democrats .... and they will lose (massively) in the polls if their policy fails. But if these policies are successful .... they will then deserve another mandate.