arthur writes:

“it took former president George W. Bush nearly two weeks to acknowledge the shoe-bomber incident in 2001, while Mr. Obama was criticized for waiting two days. we need to be united to protect the country we dont need the dick Cheney type of ignorance.”

Arthur, I know you mean well, but you are way off, son. After 9\11, Bush ramped up our military and created DHS at full speed. By the early Spring, there were thousands of dead Taliban in Afghanistan. The Shoe Bomber event happened less than a year after 9/11.

So, here is the difference. Bush knew we were at war and he acted quickly and effectively to kill our enemies. By contrast, it seems that Obama is not only unwilling to kill our enemies but is unwilling to call them enemies. We would like Obama to tell us that he is on our side in this war and that he intends to prosecute it vigorously, which means killing as many of our enemies as possible as quickly as possible.