President Obama has done a lot of speechifying in recent days about America’s “responsibilities” in fighting terror.
So you’d think he’d have a word of encouragement for the team of crack FBI agents and NYPD officers that foiled a real-life terror attack against two Bronx synagogues on Wednesday.
Alas, not a peep.
Obama yesterday spoke at commencement ceremonies at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. — largely rehashing the themes of his address the day before on terror detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay.
“As Americans, we reject the false choice between our security and our ideals,” he said.
One would hope so.
Yet when it comes to acknowledging the threat that Islamic terror clearly still poses to the American homeland, Obama’s been worryingly slow coming out of the gate.
A verbal nod to the Bronx plot — especially as he raised the prospect Thursday of bringing Guantanamo detainees to US soil — would at least have assured Americans that he’s aware of the stakes involved.
Or is the president’s “new approach” in the War on Terror entirely an academic exercise?