Coincidence?As if the Obama Administration didn't already have enough problems related to the Christmas Day Undie Bomber incident , the NYPD gloriously showed them up today in Times Square.
The reason?
NYPD detected red flags exhibited by a suspicious vehicle parked in Times Square, and they actually acted on said red flags.
The US State Department et al?: They detected red flags exhibited by a young, misguided, would-be mass murderer and allowed him to receive a valid US visa and board a US-bound flight.
Granted, the NYPD did not thwart a terror plot, but I'd rather have a suspcious van inspected than have it destroy half of Times Square. Unlike what the US State Department et al did, which was not taking action against a suspicious man and instead, allow him to board a plane with the intent of incinerating 300 people in the sky.
I'm serious. The decisions/strategies of the current administration appear to be taken directly from a strip of
Goofus and Gallant. Unfortunately, they appear to favor the "Goofus" approach more than "Gallant" one.
Enough with all the politics, finger-pointing and distractions already. President Obama had a golden opportunity to show that America was right in electing him as a leader, and he blew it. A very confused, angry and afraid American public turned to the President for reassurance that they were safe, but instead he waits 2 days later to say so much as "Ahola."
Bush had his "Now watch this drive" moment and now Obama has had his. (You know, mixed other fun phrases such as "Be Back Later. I'm at the beach." or "
Hang loose, dude.")
In hopes that the government actually does their job (or at least what they tell us is their job) during the work week, The situation is as simple as this: somebody(or people) somewhere didn't do their job and the President needs to demand who that person(or people) is/are. At the very least, someone (or people) needs to be fired and the passengers need to be compensated. At the very most, someone (or people) needs to go to jail. Enough with making this anything other than it is or attempt to shift blame. It's one thing to endanger 300 lives due to your incompetence to govern, it's another if the handling of the mishap is more imcompetent than the imcompetence that led to the mishap in the first place.
Exit Questions: One executive action that has been constantly highlighted is Obama's call for a review of our own safety procedures. Perhaps this puzzles you as much as it does me. Does this mean nobody in the TSA, Homeland Security Department, etc currently does this on a regular basis? 2. Knowing that the would-be mass murderer did not board a plane in an AMERICAN airport, does his focus on AMERICAN airport procedures offer a masked admission that he is either out of touch on this issue and/or simply does not know what to do?
God bless America,
-V4F
