Barack Obama came to power believing bowing and charming would do the trick. After four successful terrorist incidents he has reached the conclusion that it does not and unless he stems the rising domestic terrorist tide, his presidency will be finished. To convince Americans that he gets it, he forces his attorney general (the poster child of treating terrorists as garden variety criminals) to ask for legislative exemption of Miranda rights for terrorists. To further convince his own administration that he means business he fires somebody.
It is the best in us that Islamists seek to undermine. They cannot be defeated by a country run by a president who does not get it. He still may not get it. He may only understand that his own agenda may be in danger.
Never mind. Action matters. He may have fired the wrong man but he gave the right reason for the firing. Obama fires intelligence chief after security lapses. So, let’s hope his administration received the changed message for our luck was bound to run out sooner rather than later.
