January 8, 2010
We've given the Administration more than ample time to identify those responsible for the lapse in national security during the Christmas bombing attempt on a Delta/Northwest airliner. The President has even indicated that he's not interested in placing blame. Well Mr. President, as long as your national security contingent and others in the employ of the Federal government know that their screw-ups will not cause any repercussions, they will continue to act in the "matter-of-fact" manner (at best) that most taxpayers know all to well.
If the "buck stops here" as the President has said and if he is not going to insist on the resignation of Leitner, Brennan and Napolitano, then maybe he should resign. It would be much simpler and more appropriate to identify the people who actually dropped the ball and FIRE them. But, with the pervasive PC attitude that handcuffs our government, that would make those actually responsible "feel bad" and we can't have that!
This approach is doomed to fail and most likely will result in a catastrophic event that will again be shown to have been preventable if only someone had done their job. The next event, successful or not, will not be tolerated by taxpayers. The President has said he won't tolerate it, so why should we? Unfortunately, his proclamation rings empty without those responsible getting the axe!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
MR. PRESIDENT - COUNTRY NEEDS FINGERS POINTED!
January 5, 2010
In a candid admission, President Obama announced that the intelligence community had failed to "connect the dots" in relation to the Christmas attempted bombing of a Delta airliner bound for Detroit. This is something that semi-intelligent observers knew days ago without the President saying the obvious today. Obviously, there are individuals responsible for acts that allowed the terrorist to get as far as he got, not to mention the failure of the overall intelligence apparatus to communicate.
It's fine and accurate to fault the group as a whole, but it's high time that we make people take responsibility and be accountable for their actions. Until we begin this practice, bureaucrats will continue to hide behind the establishment. Only when individuals are held responsible for their actions will they put at least some effort into properly doing their job.
Another attack, successful or not, within the next few months will create a public outrage that the Administration does not want to encounter. We can only believe our elected representatives are serious and capable of doing their own job when they insist that those responsible for critical lapses are held accountable.
In a candid admission, President Obama announced that the intelligence community had failed to "connect the dots" in relation to the Christmas attempted bombing of a Delta airliner bound for Detroit. This is something that semi-intelligent observers knew days ago without the President saying the obvious today. Obviously, there are individuals responsible for acts that allowed the terrorist to get as far as he got, not to mention the failure of the overall intelligence apparatus to communicate.
It's fine and accurate to fault the group as a whole, but it's high time that we make people take responsibility and be accountable for their actions. Until we begin this practice, bureaucrats will continue to hide behind the establishment. Only when individuals are held responsible for their actions will they put at least some effort into properly doing their job.
Another attack, successful or not, within the next few months will create a public outrage that the Administration does not want to encounter. We can only believe our elected representatives are serious and capable of doing their own job when they insist that those responsible for critical lapses are held accountable.
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