President Barack Obama said last night at a Democratic fundraiser in Rhode Island that the terrorism from ISIS “doesn’t immediately threaten the homeland.” The reason? The security measures taken by President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to Obama.
First the president said the situation in the Middle East is “scary,” according to a transcript of the event released by the White House.
“I don’t have to tell you, anybody who has been watching TV this summer, it seems like it is just wave after wave ofupheaval, most of it surrounding the Middle East. You’re seeing a change in the order in the Middle East. But the old order is having a tough time holding together and the new order has yet to be born, and in the interim, it’s scary.”
Then he told the Democratic donors not to worry because measures put in place by Bush and Cheney “make us … pretty safe.”
“The good news is that we actually have a unprecedented military capacity, and since 9/11 have built up a security apparatus that makes us in the here and now pretty safe. We have to be vigilant, but this doesn’t immediately threaten the homeland. What it does do, though, is it gives a sense, once again, for future generations, is the world going to be upended in ways that affect our kids and our grandkids.”
Of course, Obama, who has blamed much on his predecessor, did not name Bush and Cheney.
But who “built up a security apparatus” after 9/11? President George W. Bush, with the assistance of his faithful vice president, Dick Cheney.