2,688 Days

Marc Thiessen, chief speechwriter for President Bush, observes in the Washington Post that President Bush departed the office Tuesday after keeping the country safe from terrorist attack for 2,688 consecutive days. The column is a must-read.

Al-Qaeda is actively working to attack our country again. And the policies and institutions that George W. Bush put in place to stop this are succeeding. During the campaign, Obama pledged to dismantle many of these policies. He follows through on those pledges at America's peril -- and his own.

Unfortunately, Mr. Obama has already followed through on his promise to dismantle one of the policies Mr. Thiessen lists (enhanced interrogation techniques by the CIA, which were employed successfully to thwart planned attacks). I expect the others to follow in the days and months ahead.