Obama has continued on with the state of emergency first put in place by Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001. His reasoning?
Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2010.
(US Office of Federal Register)
Nice … any guess on when the “threat” of another terrorist attack will subside?
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And he just sold 60 Billion in F-15s and choppers to the goddamn Saudis, supposedly to protect our open flank? against Iran. Nice. Now their friends in Al-Qaeda won’t have to hijack commercial flights. Yeah. Gotta extend that state of emergency. Does Obama ever remind you of Alden Pyle?