There\’s an old joke about an American in Paris who asks a French guy “do you speak German”? The French guy answers “No monsieur”. The American says “You\’re welcome”.
Inadvertently, I am sure, President Obama gave us his version of this joke on Friday, while speaking at a fundraiser in Rhode Island.
According to Daniel Halper\’s article at weeklystandard.com, this is what he had to say about the ISIS threat and our state of readiness:
“Idon\’t have to tell you, anybody who has been watching TV thissummer, it seems like it is just wave after wave of upheaval,most of it surrounding the Middle East…it\’s scary.”
The goodnews is that we actually have a unprecedented military capacity, andsince 9/11 have built up a security apparatus that makes usin the here and now pretty safe…”
And who built that “unprecedented military capacity” after 9/11, Mr. Obama? It certainly wasn\’t you.
I guess it must have been someone you didn\’t mention. Someone you gave no credit to. Someone whose decisions afford you the luxury of claiming that the military capacity he put in place makes us “pretty safe”.
It seems to me that former President Bush, now out of office for almost 6 years, should take time out from his current activities to say “You\’re welcome”.
