Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: Now It’s Obama’s War – Is That Fear We Smell in Congress?

Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: Now It’s Obama’s War – Is That Fear We Smell in Congress?: "Every first year cadet at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) or The Citadel knows you never threaten a military strike unless you are serious and fully intend to carry out that strike. It is acceptable to rattle your sabers in plain sight of the enemy, but never tell the enemy you are going to strike if you don't mean it. Otherwise, your threat has no weight. Worse, never tell the enemy you are going to strike and then, for whatever reason, you don’t. That's what gets the name of 'paper tiger' pinned to the front of your shirt – something Osama bin Laden believed as he made plans to bring down the World Trade Center
, the Pentagon and who knows what other targets on 9/11."