Allen West Accuses Obama of 'Cowardice in Confronting Islamic Extremism'

Former Congressman Allen West continued his attacks against President Barack Obamas handling of foreign affairs.

We're in grave danger of sacrificing our liberty in the name of safety, West wrote in an email to supporters send out on Wednesday. The president and his security advisers have prioritized intruding on the privacy of patriotic Americans, like you and me, over monitoring the actions of known and suspected terrorists. But they aren't succeeding at keeping us safe!

After September 11, 2011, we did not have a single terror attack on U.S. soil again until Barack Obama entered the White House, West continued. Under President Obama, we've been attacked twice. On November 5, 2009, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding 30. On April 15, 2013, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev used two bombs to blow up the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing 3 and wounding 254. That's 16 dead and 285 injured at the hands of Islamic extremists on American soil on Obama's watch.

This isn't national security, West added. It's a national circus. And it's unacceptable. We can't allow the Obama administration to carpet bomb Americans to cover our cowardice in confronting Islamic extremism.