Mark Thompson, Time: The Jury’s Out on Obama’s Terror Fight
His claim of success could collapse if there's another 9/11-scale attack
If you said on Sept. 12, 2001, that there wouldn’t be another major terror attack on U.S. soil over the next 15 years, most Americans wouldn’t have believed you. Yet, that’s just what has happened. Following the deaths of 2,996 people on 9/11, there has been a flurry of terror attacks—the biggest one killing 49 at an Orlando nightclub in June—but nothing like the horror visited on New York City, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.
Politicians like to take credit for pretty much anything, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that President Obama defended his counter-terrorism record in a speech Tuesday. It is likely to be the last major speech on national security of his presidency.
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WNU Editor: The entire Middle East is in conflict .... the Afghan government is not winning the war against the Taliban .... and many parts of Muslim North Africa are now in the grips of insurgencies that show no signs of ending. This is an Islamic civil war .... a conflict that goes back centuries .... and in this mix the U.S. is involved in every fight .... directly or indirectly .... which has made many sides in this huge conflict vowing revenge against the United States. Will there be another major terror attack on the U.S. in the future .... I would not bet against that .... the anger and hate is certainly out there. Would I blame President Obama for such an attack .... even if it should happen today .... I would say no. There is only so much that one can do ..... and sometimes ... like 9/11 .... the enemy is incredibly lucky.
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