In the days following the Christmas bomber's failure at the hands of one heroic citizen we have learned a lot about the national security apparatus set up by the Bush administration following 9/11. A Republican Party confident about their position leading into next November's elections did something odd. They began attacking President Obama about lax security regarding terrorism. In a time of threat to our nation they chose not to rally behind the flag.
Leading the cheer was former Vice President Dick Cheney. In an interview with Politico.com he went on a tirade attacking the president in the aftermath of an attempted attack on another US airplane. (http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=DEE3CCB3-18FE-70B2-A8EADFBA6...) This was strange for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is that after the 9/11 attacks and shoe bomber attacks, to name two, he enjoyed and demanded support for the president. He said this was being patriotic in a time of crisis. Was it not then unpatriotic of him, or are there special exceptions for this president? If so it would be interesting to hear him articulate what those are.
This was essentially the same new national security apparatus set up to combat terrorism in the wake of 9/11. This was the same system set up by himself and the former President Bush. Upon leaving office the last vestige of faith the nation placed in the administration when polled was on national security (when the decision to go into Iraq was taken out of the equation). This system he said was the best system possible.
