Yes, you read that title correctly.

Yesterday, newly sworn-in President Barack Obama put a halt to existing and future Gitmo trials for all prisoners held there, until his administration has a chance to look over the cases. And then, going a step further, he signed an executive order to close the prison at Gitmo within 1 year’s time.

Within 24 hours, 9/11 families were outraged by Obama’s actions and understandably so.

What does this all mean for the future of our security?
Well, there’s not a whole lot of thought that needs to be put into this….It simply means we’re back where we started, September 10th 2001. There is no substantive deterrant to attacking the United States, due to these actions taken by Obama. Terrorists now know they will more than likely be tried in courts of law, inside the very country they wish to destroy, with rights afforded to them that they do not want nor deserve. This does not phase them, nor does it stop them.

This also means that Obama has, by default, gutted the foundations of reason for sending our troops into harms way in order to “preserve, protect, and defend”, in a time when islamic terrorism has reached a fevered pitch. He has laid waste to the premise that if anyone dares attack our country, they will be dealt with in a substantive fashion, in the harshest terms available.

A country that does not value or protect its sovereignty, will suffer it’s loss.

This move sends signals all over the world, indicating that the United States has lost her resolve.

I’ve been calling this behavior “The Death Of Resolve” for quite some time now, so this doesn’t necessarily shock me. It does, however, make me more fearful for my country than I have ever been.

So, to sum up:

The planes never crashed….
The lives were never lost….
The buildings remain intact and standing.

And the threat is still real, still active, and still coming.

When that works, will someone wake me up?

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