National security adviser: US safer under Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama’s national security adviser laid out a sweeping rebuttal Wednesday to former Vice President Dick Cheney’s charge that America is less safe under the new administration.

Pointing to increases in defense spending, efforts to get out of Iraq and revamp the strategy for Afghanistan, and a broad campaign to repair the U.S. reputation abroad, retired Marine Gen. James Jones said the nation is safer today than it has been. But, he added, no administration is perfect.

“I think that the former vice president knows full well that perfection is an impossible standard,” said Jones, adding that the U.S. can only do everything it can “to keep threats at bay and as far away from our shores as possible.”

In recent speeches, Cheney has condemned Obama for ordering the shutdown of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and banning certain harsh interrogation methods for suspected terrorists. Overturning those Bush administration programs, he said, has made the country less safe.

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National security adviser: US safer under Obama

You know, sometimes I really get into the commentary. Once in a while there’s nothing left to say, the commentary just writes itself! The U.S. is safer under Obama?

Iran is threatening their nuclear stuff again. North Korea is setting off test nukes, launching missiles, and making threats saying they will attack South Korea and our naval vessels.

And WE are safer under Obama…