U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS

The federal government's highest priority should be to ensure the safety of American citizens.  It is essential that we maintain a strong and credible defense in order to protect our national interests and those of our allies. Additionally, our government must be vigilant and take threats to our national security seriously. It is therefore reckless and irrational that the Obama Administration, aided and abetted by Nancy Pelosi and Jim Moran, has apparently reverted to a pre-9/11 mentality when dealing with Islamist terrorists who are bent on the indiscriminate killing of American citizens. The terrorists are at war with us; we would do well to understand that and act accordingly. 

The United States is in the midst of a conflict with the forces of violent Islamist extremists that deplore our freedoms and are bent on the destruction of our way of life. We must ensure that our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq have the personnel and equipment they need to accomplish the missions they have been given. While Obama rightly decided to send additional troops to Afghanistan, he simultaneously signaled to our enemies that we will be leaving in a year or so. Jim Moran would have us abandon Afghanistan altogether. Our troops also need to know they have the full support of the American people for whom they are fighting, and that our elected officials have the stomach to pursue this conflict to a successful conclusion.

Nuclear proliferation is another national security concern. The Iranian regime's determination to acquire nuclear weapons is a burgeoning global threat. A nuclear-armed Iran would fundamentally alter the security calculus of the Middle East, would be a major threat to U.S. national security interests and an existential threat to Israel. Put differently, the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is a clear and present danger to world peace. Many brave Iranians have taken to the streets of Teheran, facing the brutal repression of a powerful regime that had little regard for its own citizens. The Obama Administration continues to remain virtually silent as Iranian security forces attack protestors and arrest their leaders. Past presidential administrations from Reagan to Clinton spoke with a loud and clear voice of support for protest movements like Solidarity in Poland and Otpor in Yugoslavia. These historic movements and their leaders helped to overthrow oppressive regimes and establish democratic governments. The Obama Administration's silence amounts to tacit support of an oppressive Iranian regime that considers the U.S. the "Great Satan" and is bent on the destruction of Israel.