Terrorism Policy Is All George Bush’s Fault

The current administration has made drinking game out of blaming George Bush for every problem in this country. You’d think that President Obama and his staff would be careful not to take policy cues from someone as dangerously stupid and incompetent as they paint his predecessor. Unless of course, it’s politically expedient.

“The most important thing for the public to understand is we’re not handling any of these cases any different than the Bush administration handled them all through 9/11″, Mr. Obama told CBS News on Sunday.

Of course, terror trials are not the only area in which the current administration is simply carrying out the policies of the Bush era. The withdrawal timetable for Iraq, the surge in Afghanistan, stimulus spending, signing statements. Whether you agree with these policies or not, they’re hardly Obama originals.
The best quote was from the President’s counterterrorism advisor.

“Quite frankly, I am tiring of politicians using national security issues such as terrorism as a political football.”

Right. because terrorism has only been used in this way by Bush from 9/12/2001 to 1/19/2009, and by Republicans since Christmas Day, 2009. Democrats don’t engage in that sort of thing. Obama himself certainly never treated terrorism like a “political football”. If you want to stop Republican attacks on the practice of treating terrorists like common criminals, then show them that these trials are reducing terrorism. Until you can do that, it doesn’t matter if the opposition stems from genunie ideological differences or if it’s political opportunism; they’re still right.