Flashback: One year ago, Obama declared an end to the war on terror.

 Barack Obama on the war on terror,

This war, like all wars, must end.

Last night, Obama reopened the war. 

Obama has declared the war on terror over, but 77% of American voters disagree

Barack Obama hardest hit...

Via Fox News:

In a major national security address in May, President Obama said it was time to take the United States off the war footing it has been on since the September 11 terrorist attacks — and at one point stated, “This war, like all wars, must end.”

The speech was widely seen as a signal Obama views the war on terrorism as winding down.

A Fox News national poll released Wednesday finds American voters disagree.
The poll was conducted in the wake of revelations that the government’s National Security Agency has been secretly collecting telephone and internet records of millions of Americans as part of a program to prevent future terrorist attacks.

Asked how they see the war on terrorism, 77 percent of voters say the war is ongoing and “should continue to be a top priority to the government.” Far fewer — 17 percent — feel the war is over and should be a lower priority. The majority opinion overwhelms partisan differences. Ninety percent of those who identify with the Tea Party movement and 87 percent of military veterans believe the fight against terrorism should continue to be a top priority, as do most Republicans (86 percent)

Scary: President Obama declares end to “Global War on Terror.”

You can't unilaterally declare peace. the is a global Jihad against America and the West.

Via Weekly Standard:

President Obama is using his national security address today to reject the “Global War on Terror.”

“Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless ‘global war on terror’ – but rather as a series of persistent, targeted efforts to dismantle specific networks of violent extremists that threaten America. In many cases, this will involve partnerships with other countries. Thousands of Pakistani soldiers have lost their lives fighting extremists. In Yemen, we are supporting security forces that have reclaimed territory from AQAP. In Somalia, we helped a coalition of African nations push al Shabaab out of its strongholds. In Mali, we are providing military aid to a French-led intervention to push back al Qaeda in the Maghreb, and help the people of Mali reclaim their future,” Obama will say.

Obama Administration: The War on terror is over

Has anyone informed Al Qaeda? 

Via National Journal:

In an article in the current National Journal called “The Post Al Qaida Era,” I write that the Obama administration is taking a new view of Islamist radicalism. The president realizes he has no choice but to cultivate the Muslim Brotherhood and other relatively “moderate” Islamist groups emerging as lead political players out of the Arab Spring in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere. (The Muslim Brotherhood officially renounced violence decades ago, leading then-dissident radicals such as Ayman al-Zawahiri to join al Qaida.)

It is no longer the case, in other words, that every Islamist is seen as a potential accessory to terrorists. “The war on terror is over,” one senior State Department official who works on Mideast issues told me. “Now that we have killed most of al Qaida, now that people have come to see legitimate means of expression, people who once might have gone into al Qaida see an opportunity for a legitimate Islamism.”

The new approach is made possible by the double impact of the Arab Spring, which supplies a new means of empowerment to young Arabs other than violent jihad, and Obama’s savagely successful military drone campaign against the worst of the violent jihadists, al Qaida.

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Jon Stewart Rips Obama a New One Over Abuse of Presidential Power in War on Terror

Jon Stewart is a very funny guy, but there is little humor in this eight minute smack-down. Stewart takes President Obama to task for breaking almost every campaign promise he made to curb what the left sees as abuse of terrorists rights in the war on terror. The left is feeling very frustrated because President Obama is actually expanding and defending many of the Bush policies he campaigned against.

52% Think US Is Now Less Safe Than Before 9/11

Voters are losing confidence in President Obama's ability to keep us safe and win the war on terror. 52% now think the US is less safe than before 9/11. Only 39% think we are winning the war on terror.

Rasmussen reported:

Fifty-two percent (52%) say the country is not safer today, up from 42% a month ago and the highest level measured over the past three years.

Thirty-nine percent (39%) of voters now believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror. That result is down from 42% last month and is the lowest level of confidence found since January....

Krauthammer: Obama Talks About Terrorists as if They are "Disgruntled Postal Workers"

Charles Krauthammer is a wordsmith.

From Freedom's Lighthouse:

Here is video of Charles Krauthammer on Special Report last night where he said many Americans are uneasy about President Obama's "demeanor and language" when talking about the threat we face in the "War on Terror." Krauthammer said Obama talks as if "he's giving a police report" when he talks about terrorism.

Krauthammer said Obama uses words like "suspect," "alleged attack," "isolated extremist," as if he's talking about a "disgruntled postal worker." It took Obama a "5th attempt" (following the attempted terror attack on Northwest Flight 253) before he actually used the language of us being in a "War on Terror."

YouTube commenter Yakko77:

Bush took 6 minutes to leave that classroom on 9/11. Obama took about 3 days to even react to this incident.

Kristol Crushes Team Obama on War on Terror (video)

This two-minute Bill Kristol monologue on yesterday's Fox News Sunday was interesting.

Robert Gibbs gaffes and uses forbidden "War on Terror" term (video)

At today's White House press conference, Spokesman Robert Gibbs slipped up and used the forbidden term "war on terror." The White House declared the "war on terror" was over on August 6, 2009.

The "war on terror" gaffe is at the 15:30 mark of the C-SPAN video.



From the White House Briefing Room:

MR. GIBBS: Well, and not all those additional troops are there. The assessment that is coming back is part of what a new commander does when they go to a region when they're newly assigned, as the President has General McChrystal to this region.

But understand, Chip, we are not -- the President, whether it's the economy, health care, or anything, isn't going to -- we're not going to make -- we're not going to see the entire thing turn around in a few months, after years and years of neglect. You can't under-resource the most important part of our war on terror, you can't under-resource that for five or six or seven years -- whether it's under-resourced with troops, whether it's under-resourced with civilian manpower, whether it's under-resourced with economic development funding -- and hope to snap your fingers and have that turn around in just a few months.