Politics
“War on terror”: Obama winning to GOP’s dismay
President Barack Obama, the man Republicans claimed was too young, too idealistic and too inexperienced to lead, is becoming a foreign policy authority the likes of which the Oval Office has not seen since Dwight Eisenhower, a five-star general in the United States Army, nearly half-a-century ago.
Yesterday, the Pentagon confirmed the death of radical Muslim cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki, a dangerous recruiter for the Al Qaeda organization.
Conservative commentator Pat Buchanan in an interview with MSNBC’s Alex Witt said, “The president has been an effective leader in the war on terror and a decisive leader,” and any criticism from republicans “will fall on deaf ears.” Texas governor Rick Perry, a leading contender for the republican nomination, spoke in Atlanta yesterday congratulating the president and the military on their success. Newt Gingrich, the former House Speaker and flailing GOP presidential hopeful, said “President Obama did the right thing, and I praise him.”
Mitt Romney, the current frontrunner for the republican nomination, released a statement on Friday saying “I commend the president…our service members and our allies for their continued efforts to keep Americans safe.” In an interview with CNN’s John Johnson, New York Republican Congressman Peter King, normally a vocal critic, said “I would give the president a medal.”
