Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a "high probability" that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.
Why did this comment make so much news? It’s nothing we didn’t already know could happen.
I’d like to remind those of you that were ‘shocked’ to hear that we might be attacked again during the Obama administration, that if history tells us anything, it’s that ‘time’ again. We tend to have a major incident or attack made against U.S. interests or on U.S. soil about every 6-9 years. And because technology is so readily available these days, that time span is sure to shorten.
Panel: U.S. Will Be Attacked By 2013
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan commission is asserting the country should expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or biological weapons sometime in the next five years...
The report was written by the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism. Among other things, it concluded: "Our margin of safety is shrinking, not growing."...
Lieberman: U.S. May Be Attacked in 2009
(CBS) In describing the reasons he believes the Republicans' presumptive nominee for president would be better prepared than the Democrats' to lead the nation next January, Sen. Joe Lieberman said that history shows the United States would likely face a terrorist attack in 2009.
"Our enemies will test the new president early," Lieberman, I-Conn., told Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer. "Remember that the truck bombing of the World Trade Center happened in the first year of the Clinton administration. 9/11 happened in the first year of the Bush administration."
As Senator Lieberman pointed out, ANY new president would be tested early, whether that was to be Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama.
Yes, it’s true; there have been no foreign terrorist incidents on U.S. soil in the last 7 years. But I would be remiss if I didn’t also remind you, that there were no foreign attacks on U.S. soil in the seven years before the 9/11 attacks either, at a time when the United States was doing even less (according to the Republican Party) to protect itself.
Giving the Bush administration credit for having no ‘more’ catastrophic attacks during their time in office is like the late Timothy McVeigh asking us to ignore that he bombed the Federal building in Oklahoma in 1995, some 14 years previously. Former President Bush and VP Cheney want us to forget that it was during ‘their’ administration that we experience our worse ever attacks.
So, my fellow Americans, if God forbid, we are once again attacked during the next 4 years, odds are, it would have happened with or without Obama in the White House.
Try remembering that fact when the Republican Party comes out swinging and blaming President Obama for allowing such a thing to happen.