OBAMA ON TERRORIST ACTS - AT 10:18 P.M. ET:  The Weekly Standard performs a major service by reprinting Barack Obama's bizarre comments after the 9-11 attacks, reminding us of why the president seems to have such trouble articulating why the murders at Fort Hood took place:

We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity. It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics. Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.

COMMENT:  Right out of the left-wing handbook. 

Now, was the Fort Hood shooter in poverty?  No.  Was he ignorant?  No.  Was he helpless?  No.  Was he in despair?  Only if he believed the sick ideology that was being taught to him by religious fanatics.

Barack Obama is now in charge of our national security.   He will determine our policy in Afghanistan.  He will determine how we confront an Iran apparently hell-bent on developing nuclear weapons. 

He thinks like a college kid under the thumb of leftist professors.  But the mainstream media remains mellow and not the least bit alarmed.

November 6, 2009