Washington
(Apr 30, 2009)
The American people are growing increasingly concerned about the Administration’s strategy – or, more precisely, lack of strategy – when it comes to confronting and defeating the terrorist threat. In fact, according to a new Rasmussen
poll, only 42 percent of Americans believe we are winning the war on terrorism. That’s a
20 point drop since February – a staggering decline in confidence as the Administration begins its second 100 days.
Why are Americans having such misgivings about the Administration’s approach to the threat of radical jihadists? House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Intelligence Committee Ranking Republican Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) today released a new web video highlighting some of the reasons – reasons underscored in a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released earlier this week. The poll showed that a majority of Americans oppose the Administration’s political decision to selectively release memos detailing advanced interrogation techniques used on terrorists and oppose the President’s plan to close a terrorist detention facility with no plan for what to do with the terrorists housed there. The web video released by Boehner and Hoekstra is available below:
On Day 101 of the Administration, Republicans are calling on the President and congressional Democrats to make a commitment to an overarching strategy for fighting and defeating terrorism. As recent polling, the Boehner-Hoekstra web video, and the Administration’s piecemeal, political actions in determining how to deal with the terrorist threat make clear, that strategy doesn’t exist – and that has the American people concerned. Republicans are prepared to work with the Administration to develop that strategy. Is the Administration prepared to do the same?