Earlier this evening, the Huffington Post ran an editorial by former Republican Governor of New York George Pataki, entitled "The Obama Administration's Systemic Failure on Terrorism." Pataki's outraged by President Obama's policies to combat terrorism, and it wasn't just the failed plane bombing attempt on Christmas Day that irked him so much -- apparently, he's been outraged since Day 1.
Virtually every decision this Administration has made has placed American security at greater risk, since refusing from the very beginning to even acknowledge the existence of a War on Terror, or to call enemy combatants terrorists.
It is time for the Administration to wake up and smell the explosives.
I suppose I could spend all day wondering why a supposedly liberal outlet like the Huffington Post would so easily grant a platform to a Republican who writes such blatant, baseless, fear-mongering tripe to scare its readers like "It is time for the Administration to wake up and smell the explosives," but leaving that puzzling issue aside, let's review a few of Pataki's areas of concern about Obama's counter-terrorism policies.
