President Obama’s former defense secretary and former head of the CIA, Leon Panetta, said this morning on CNN that we’ve entered into “a much more dangerous chapter” of the war on terror:
“I don’t think there’s any question. I think what we’re seeing … is a much more aggressive chapter and a much more dangerous chapter in terms of the war on terrorism,” Panetta told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria.
“What has happened in Paris, what happened in Ottawa, what has happened in Belgium is something that we need to understand that these terrorists are now engaged in a much more aggressive effort based on their recruiting, based on what’s happening in Syria and Iraq and Yemen, they are engaged in a much more aggressive effort to conduct violence not only in Europe, but I think it’s a matter of time before they direct it at the United States as well. This is a real threat and we’ve got to be prepared to confront that.”
Via the Washington Free Beacon.
