It remains to be seen if President Obama has yet internalized this fact, but it is increasingly obvious to the rest of us that the primary thing Americans demand from their chief executive is that he protect the country. And, if he fails to do it, no combination of other 'achievements' will make up for it.
The fact that Obama, despite his previous campaign rhetoric, has left in place many of the Bush-era intelligence and security protocols hints that he gets it. The treatment of the Christmas-Day, would-be undie bomber as a character in "Grand Theft Airliner" doesn't.
It's my unfortunate belief that terrorism incidents or attempts will only increase over the years and as such our security posture will more than likely have to mirror what the Israelis do....all citizens are on alert for anything out of the ordinary. Just travel to Tel Aviv and you'll know what I mean. Right now our leadership and citizens are asleep to what's going on or what will happen in the future.
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