Another terrorist incident - apparently though not clearly confirmed yet by muslim fundamentalist. And the words of Joe Biden, future Vice-President of the United States ring in my ears: Obama will be tested within the first six month of his presidency.
Now President-elect Barack Obama has to show which side he is on even before his term starts. Will he follow the path of George W. Bush and make the War on Terrorism a key agenda point of his for years as commander in chief or will he chose to reign like Bill Clinton who had to chance to act swiftly again islamic terrorism and let his country down.
The threat of religious fundamentalist is a important as the task to put the economy back on track. Let us hope that the 44th President is up to the task.
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Hi Jan,
maybe you want to elaborate on how Bill Clinton could have back then swiftly acted against Islamic Terrorism within the framework of international laws, multilateral agreements and at the same time abiding to provisions of the Geneva Convention.
Best Regards from Marc in Munich
Hi Marc,
Bill Clinton has completely ignored the threat of islamic fundamentalism, that's why the Bush administration and Congress had to pass the Patriot Act and created Homeland Security.
These measure have kept the United States save after 9/11.
The first bombing of the World Trade Center happened under Clintons watch - the targets were identified and though Clinton had the chance to act (not to put them into Gitmo, but to make a decisive strike) he focussed on other issues.
Terrorists are enemies of our free society and we should confront them full force, the earlier the better.
best regards, Jan
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