Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani used revelations in a new book about the Obama administration to criticize the president's handling of the war in Afghanistan, saying his insistence on an exit strategy has put American forces at greater risk.
| Golly, is that as bad as not burning a Koran? |
Giuliani also took issue with a quote attributed to President Obama by author Bob Woodward -- that the country could "absorb" another terrorist attack like the one suffered in September 2001.
We 'absorbed' it- and we hit back. Hard. There is some question about whether this President would be willing to do that.
| Not until after we had extended our hand in the hope of not receiving a fist back, first. |
"I don't know that I would have said that," Giuliani told reporters on a conference call Wednesday. "The country has to be prepared for anything that can happen, and will deal with anything that would happen. I would prefer the president would put his efforts into doing everything to prevent another September 11."
| I believe Mr. Giuliani went into the security consulting business after he gave up politics, so it's possible he knows what he's talking about. |
Giuliani, who led New York on the day of those attacks, said Obama's response to crises like the Fort Hood shooting and the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an airliner heading for Detroit show "an unwillingness to come to grips with what we're facing."
Oooh he went and SAID it!
| It's hard to grip with a determinedly open hand. When we grip our hand turns into a fist, and that just would not meet this president's stated goal. |
"The tone set at the top has a big impact on how a bureaucracy operates," he said. "And I think if the president would be more forthright about the fact that we are facing an Islamic extremist threat, that political correctness would not overrule common sense in making decisions about it."
But the President is professorial!!
| Interesting that Mr. Woodward quotes this president as saying that Pakistan is the the problem. Not that he's actually stating that it's Islamic extremists, but since that's what the country tests for, that is what they get. |
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