Obama's lack of resolve in dealing with war waged against us

Fox News:

Republican leaders on Sunday bashed President Obama’s revamped counterterrorism strategy, saying his plan to end the war on terror is “disturbing” and signals a retreat as Al Qaeda and affiliate terror groups remain dangerous and a continuing threat to homeland security.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham cited a litany of global concerns that threaten America and its allies before attacking Obama’s post 9/11 strategy -- including Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon and the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war.

“At a time when we need resolve the most, we're sounding retreat," Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told “Fox News Sunday.” "We show this lack of resolve, talking about the war being over. What do you think the Iranians are thinking? At the end of the day, this is the most tone-deaf president I ever could imagine."

The criticism follows a speech Thursday by the president in which he explained his new strategy and said Al Qaeda is "on the path to defeat.”

Obama also signaled his reluctance to send troops to Syria or other Middle East countries struggling with instability in the effort to achieve democracy. And he called for a more limited use of drones, or unmanned aircraft, to kill known terrorists on foreign soil, an attempt to limit civilian casualties.

The president also redoubled his longstanding, yet unfulfilled promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where many terrorism suspects are being held without formal charges. 

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Congressman Mike McCaul also criticized the new drift saying it defied reality.  You can rarely win or end a war with retreat and that is what the President has proposed.  In addition he wants to return to the failed lawfare strategy of the past which led to 9-11.