There’s no other way to explain an administration that we knew (or should have known) would
- support the oppressors rather than the too-short breath of freedom in Iran
- attack our intelligence services and dismantle those things that have kept us safe
- treat our friends in Israel as the enemy
- embrace the very Islamic extremists who attacked us
- threaten to prosecute those who kept us safe
- treat terrorism as a “law enforcement matter,” the very policy that brought on 9/11/09
- call terrorist acts “man-caused disasters”
- refuse to secure our borders
Appeasement has become the official policy of the United States. Iran has responded in exactly the same way as did Adolf Hitler’s Germany after the Munich conference – arrogantly continuing down the path of distruction.
The word “torture” has lost all meaning, having been expanded to encompass just about any coercive interrogation, even those that do no physical harm.
In a campaign it was expedient to mouth platitudes about the “terrible extension of combat tours.” Once elected, it’s easy to extend those combat tours once again. In a campaign it was easy for the new administration and the congress to say they would expand our combat troops to reduce the stress of repeated deployments on those who serve. Once elected, it’s easy to forget those promises.
All we learned – or should have learned – has been forgotten.
