The past eight years have been witness to history in the making. America was attacked on home soil for the first time since Pearl Harbor, two wars were and continue to be waged, the economy has gone through two recessions and the government grew larger faster than any other time in history.

What world are we living in, where a career political hack, Leon Panetta, can make his way to an Obama appointment as the Director of the CIA? I contend, we are in a nation that has forgotten. Forgotten how far we’ve come and the resolve it takes to defeat Islamic fascist extremists bent on the destruction of Western civilization.