Who is the real enemy?

Some of the major news of the last week has been a concerted effort by the White House on Fox News. Axelrod, Emanuel and Dunn, and the "One" himself all took shots at Fox News that they weren't a "news" organization. They come to that conclusion because of two of the "opinion" shows on Fox. Specifically on those two shows, I've never been a real Glen Beck fan, but while I disagree with Sean Hannity on some issues, I've always thought his show was very informative and very good "news". As a side note, Beck used to work for CNN. Does that mean for several year while he had a similar show, CNN wasn't a news organization? In a similar fashion, the White House has gone after the US Chamber of Commerce. They "dared" to oppose the massive government takeover of health care in this country.

At the same time as this "war" on Fox and the Chamber, USA Today reported this week that a bipartisan commission came to the conclusion that the White House was neglecting the threat of bio-terrorism. While spending billions of dollars on pet projects, and "stimulus", the White House has not funded the defenses against bio-terrorism.


Similarly, at the same time as this effort to discredit any "opponents" of the White House policies and ignoring established threats to this country, they have been wishy-washy at best on their policy in Afghanistan. Despite candidate Obama declaring that the war in Afghanistan was a "war that must be won", and declaring it the "good" war, he has dithered on his military commander's recommendations of increasing troop strength in order to bring that war to a successful conclusion. His advisers have stated that they would allow the Taliban a role in any Afghanistan government. They tried to distinguish the Taliban from Al Quaeda. I guess they must have short term memory loss. It was the Taliban that gave Bin Laden refuge when the Clinton administration passed on the opportunity given to them when the Sudan government kicked Osama out of their country. Deciding that they didn't have enough evidence to prosecute Osama in a civil court, they let him go and he established training bases in Afghanistan under the protection of the Taliban. Those training bases led directly to the terrorists who carried out the 911 attacks. But somehow, the Taliban have suddenly become not threat and not the target of the Obama administration.

You know, it certainly makes one wonder where the priority lies with this president. Fox News and the US Chamber of Commerce are enemies but the Taliban isn't. It makes one wonder when you spend more time attacking Fox News and the Chamber than you do legitimate enemies of this country. It makes one wonder where the priorities are when you spend more time talking to David Letterman than you have talking to your personally appointed commanding general in the "war that must be won" in Afghanistan. And then, you declare that the enablers of Al Quaeda are not the enemy either. When the president and the White House are more concerned with labeling opponents of their domestic agenda as enemies rather than being concerned about foreign enemies who have actually killed American citizens and soldiers it makes one wonder who they consider the real enemies.