on terror. i think he came into office to end george bush s war on terror. so he is uncomfortable with the role of commander in sxleef the role of fighting this war. he doesn t want to be the one leading the country in a time of war. the fact is war is being visited on us. it was just visited on us in chattanooga, tennessee. and it could be visited on us again. and he has to lead whether he wants to or not. he is getting hit for not calling this terrorism. tuesday attorney said we re investigating this as an act of terrorism. the president wouldn t go that far. his defenders say he is the commander in chief he will should be more judicious in his tone before we know exactly what happened. he shouldn t get out ahead of his skis. that might be fair if wasn t for the fact there is a pattern here. he called the christmas day bomber an isolated extremist. he referred to benghazi as being over an internet video. the tike a paris kosher deli was a random act of violence. so there is a pat
here is the thing and this is where i disagree. i think the fbi is treating it as an act of terror and investigating as act of terror. what is the difference if the president says act of terror or not? what difference does it make? somebody said it in government president who caress? president s words don t matter? this is a part of a pattern. the fort hood shooting was work place violence. christmas day bomber was isolated extremist. isis is the j.v. team. this president cannot bring himself to identify terrorism as terrorism. richard, let me ask you about the leadership part of it. anybody can say it. when the president says it it means something especially if it is a terrorist attack on our soil. why not? anybody can say it. why not the president? when you think of severity of terrorist attacks you see what
here is the thing and this is where i disagree. i think the fbi is treating it as an act of terror and investigating as act of terror. what is the difference if the president says act of terror or not? what difference does it make? somebody said it in government president who caress? president s words don t matter? this is a part of a pattern. the fort hood shooting was work place violence. christmas day bomber was isolated extremist. isis is the j.v. team. this president cannot bring himself to identify terrorism as terrorism. richard, let me ask you about the leadership part of it. anybody can say it. when the president says it it means something especially if it is a terrorist attack on our soil. why not? anybody can say it. why not the president? when you think of severity of terrorist attacks you see what
where i disagree. i think the fbi is treating it as an act of terror and investigating as act of terror. what is the difference if the president says act of terror or not? what difference does it make? somebody said it in government president who caress? president s words don t matter? this is a part of a pattern. the fort hood shooting was work place violence. christmas day bomber was isolated extremist. isis is the j.v. team. this president cannot bring himself to identify terrorism as terrorism. richard, let me ask you about the leadership part of it. anybody can say it. when the president says it it means something especially if it is a terrorist attack on our soil. why not? anybody can say it. why not the president? when you think of severity of terrorist attacks you see what happened in 9/11 that was a
particularly american aviation going back to 9/11. and in december of 01 with the shoe bomb and then going up to the christmas day bomber from christmas day 2009 and then the cargo plot out of yemen in october 2010 another unsuccessful plot from the spring of 2012. there s clearly intent by whether aqap that s had this goal for years now isis isil maybe not so much other affiliate groups maybe not so much. that s the first question is there any indication through all the examination of information that s being done that would link this co-pilot to a terrorist plot. if not, then you have to just do that scrub of the individual in such a detailed way that it gives you some confidence that you will be able to determine