Among Democrats, National Security is Optional

By Christopher G. Adamo

If Americans truly want to prevent a recurrence of 9-11, it is essential that they recognize the manner in which Democrats and the liberal media are willing to cloud the entire issue for the sake of partisan politics. Any lingering doubts that remained after the Democrat primaries ought to have been completely dispelled by last week’s charade of a Congressional hearing.

Star witness for the opposition was former national security operative turned author, Richard Clark. The contradictory nature of Clark’s past statements, when compared to the text of his newly released book, unequivocally proves that on one occasion or another, he was lying through his teeth. It is a logical impossibility for both stances to be truthful. Upon investigation of his comments, a demonstrable bias against President Bush becomes increasingly apparent.

In particular, Clark’s demeaning characterization of National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, whom he claimed to be befuddled by the very mention of Al Qaeda, loses all credibility when considered in light of Rice’s statements, made prior to her conversation with Clark, in which she incontrovertibly displayed a thorough understanding of the terrorist organization and the threat it posed to the United States. Clearly, Clark’s attempt to portray Rice as ignorant cannot possibly constitute anything other than an ad hominem attack. Similarly, those commission members who have since treated Clark’s book as sacrosanct are instead telling much more about themselves than about President Bush’s competence in protecting the American homeland.

Rumors are already circulating to the effect that the commission will make a determination that, in retrospect, the attacks could have been prevented, and Democrats are salivating at the prospect. Hardly a profound indictment of lapses within the Bush White House, such a finding possesses all the insight of knowing last month’s winning lottery ticket number.

If the partisan Democrat assessment of this situation is to be believed, the Clinton Administration can be forgiven for eight years of hapless bumbling and inaction, during which time several opportunities to apprehend Bin Laden were ignored. Yet President Bush is to be condemned for failing to unilaterally turn the world upside down during the seven months and three weeks between his inauguration and the attacks, in order to prevent them. Suffice to say that among those making the most noise about the commission and its entirely predictable findings, national security isn’t even on the radar screen.

In contrast, judging from the consistently hysterical reactions of liberals, mere questioning of the absolute purity of their own motives constitutes a far greater outrage against humanity than any of the horrific deeds perpetrated by the terrorists whom their policies enabled. Unfortunately, too many conservatives have dutifully acquiesced and, unlike the regular liberal accusations of Bush’s Iraq policy as “all about oil,” those on the right refrain from suggesting that the Democrat pursuit of a purely political agenda, at the obvious expense of the nation’s safety, is anything less than patriotic. Perhaps it would be sufficient to simply question the “patriotism” of hostile foreign entities, such as the French and North Koreans, who just happen to agree with the Democrats.

Of course none of the commission’s “findings,” nor any of the baseless accusations of incompetence on the part of the Bush Administration which regularly spew forth from certain of its members, constitute an “official action” by the Kerry Campaign. But who can doubt that Kerry may benefit from such venomous assaults against the most outstanding aspect of the Bush presidency.

Even Bill Clinton has gotten in on the act. In a speech given last week at the “Democrat Unity Dinner,” he lamented the complete dissolution of national “unity” and “resolve” that had been so glorious in the immediate wake of 9-11. And in a ruse that only he would attempt with a straight face, he sidestepped the fact that it was his own party that labored so feverishly to undermine that sense of oneness among Americans. Neither did Clinton explain that the initial “national resolve” to deal with the perpetrators was not, in the minds of most Americans, a rallying call for appeasement and meaningless UN resolutions.

Like Spain’s socialists and Australia’s opposition party, Democrats indicate a willingness to gamble once again with national security. Their present campaign strategy, detrimental as it may be to the nation, is apparently an approach that they consider worth the risk. Somewhere in the darkness of an obscure cave, a demonic smile is creeping across the face of Osama Bin Laden.

Growing up during the turbulent decades of the ‘60's and ‘70's, Christopher  Adamo saw, to his dismay, the nation's moral foundations being destroyed  before his very eyes. But even then he was a staunch Conservative at heart,  and rejected outright the tenets of America's counterculture revolution.

 After a hitch in the Air Force, where he specialized in airborne  electro- optical systems, he pursued a career in the field of aerospace,  working for major defense contractors in California, Florida, and Colorado. But his career plans abruptly changed during the industry-wide downsizing that followed the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

Presently he is working in the field of industrial instrumentation in the state of Wyoming. Concurrently, he has become involved in that state's political process, attending state GOP conventions as a delegate, and serving as a member of the Wyoming Republican Central Committee. He has also aided in the candidacies of local legislators and state senators, as well as a U.S. Senator and Congresswoman.

From 1993 to 1996, he edited and wrote for “The Wyoming Christian”, the state newsletter for Christian Coalition of Wyoming. During that period, he developed an acute awareness of the harm being done to Conservatism by liberal activists within the Republican Party as well as the Democrats. This remains a favorite theme of his articles, which now appear as a regular feature on GOPUSA.