By their own admission, Republicans would be much better fighting ISIS than Barack Obama...

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7. Because Republicans beileve that national security is owned by them.

And so no act by a Democrat could be acceptable as tough enough.

Clinton was accused of wagging the dog in eastern Europe and weakness when he used cruise missiles in Africa and elsewhere.

Obama has been under constant criticism as not aggressive enough.

Bushed kept us safe, though 9/11 happened under his watch. Then he negotiated the departure of he US form Iraq.

Obama is criticizing for leaving Iraq, for Libya, for Syria. Some Republicans even said that Bush should have been given credit for killing Bin Laden. When Obama asked for a Authorization to use force in Syria, Republicans refuse to even hold a vote.

It is their policy that they own the National Security Issue. They will oppose everything a Democrat does as being weak.