The Left reviled George Bush for getting us into two wars against countries that, as far as the Left was concerned, were guilty of only two things: practicing “the religion of peace” and, in Iraq’s case, having oil. No one on the Left would acknowledge that, during Bush’s president, once the dust settled on 9/11, there were no further terrorist attacks on American soil – until last Monday’s attack, which even they couldn’t explain away as a lone wolf attack unrelated to Islamic jihad.
Last Monday’s Boston Bombing is forcing Americans of all political stripes to acknowledge the truth that the Left dares not speak: Obama’s policies have not kept us safe from Islamic terrorism. Like the little boy in “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” Rep. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) took to the House floor and said what every honest person must acknowledge – under Obama, the terrorists are once again invading American shores.
Nor is that invasion limited to the Boston bombings. Monday’s terrorist attack should force reasonable people to acknowledge that the mainstream media has been lying to the public when it has pretended that past mass murders and attempted mass murders attempts (and attempted attacks) carried out by Muslims against Americans were isolated events or, worse, that the attacks were a reasonable revenge for America’s conduct. Taken together, all of them show a body of religious Islamists in active war against the American people:
I rise today to express grave doubts about the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies and programs. Counterterrorism is often shrouded in secrecy, as it should be, so let us judge by the results. In barely four years in office, five Jihadists have reached their targets in the United States under Barack Obama: the Boston Marathon bomber, the underwear bomber, the Times Square Bomber, the Fort Hood shooter, and in my own state—the Little Rock recruiting office shooter. In the seven years after 9/11 under George W. Bush, how many terrorists reached their target in the United States? Zero! We need to ask “why is the Obama administration failing in its mission to stop terrorism before it reaches its targets in the United States.
Incidentally, Cotton left out a sixth attempted jihadist attack: the Portland Christmas bomber who planned to blow up families gathering in the hundreds around the Portland Christmas tree. Mohamed Osman Mohamud was stopped only because an undercover operation caught on in time. Mohamud was arrested as he headed out to plant the fortunately fake bombs in his possession. His failure may have been part ofthe Tsarvaevs’ decision to use homemade bombs, rather than to rely on outside suppliers.
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