vigilence, and the ability to keep our eyes on the enemy, keep our intelligence up and running. as al qaeda begins to re-assemble if you will and to grow in force, as it is as we speak, we will be prepared to interdict that type of behavior before something like 9/11 happens again. >> jamie: at the same time, you and i i am sure would give credit to our troops and hour commanders for make incredible progress in this war on terrorism that we know is going o. i want to ask you a political question -- is there any possible if the president gave this speech now to deflect attention to the other questions being raraised about government, with the irs or the benghazi investigation? what are your thoughts? >> yeah, this is the old wag the dog-- the tail wagging the dog idea. i think we smell the little of that. those of who us who watch this sort of thing all said, wait a minute. why are we doing this? and why are we doing this now?