Terrorist Crock of Crap, Part Deux
By Larry Johnson on July 10, 2007 at 11:01 PM in Al Qaeda, Current Affairs, Homeland Security
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Larry C Johnson
Where is Paul Revere when you need him? Surely someone should ride and alert the neighbors. AL QAEDA IS COMING!! AL QAEDA IS COMING!! Apparently not content to let the Brits have all the fear factor fun, the Bush Administration is jumping on board the scary train. Booooooo, Al Qaeda. Sure glad that no matter what we do to fight the terrorists (you know, fight them over there . . .) those tenacious bastards make zombies look lazy and unfocused. No matter how many we kill they keep coming and keep organizing.
So here is the story courtesy of ABC’s Brian Ross:
- Senior U.S. intelligence officials tell ABC News new intelligence
suggests a small al Qaeda cell is on its way to the United States, or
may already be here. - But, according to the White House, there is no credible evidence of an imminent threat.
Just to help clear things up we have Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff telling the editorial board of The Chicago Tribune that he had a “gut feeling” about a new period of increased risk. (Did he go to Mexico and did he drink the water? Just asking.)
So what does this mean?
Let me state at the outset that I am not recommending we ignore Al Qaeda. We should be killing or capturing their operatives. But if they are actually here (or coming) we then need to ask, “Why has the Bush Administration been asleep at the switch and why is Osama still running around loose”?
Let me suggest an alternative theory. Some malevolent, media savvy jihadi sympathizers have been watching us with great amusement since the two bozos failed to blow themselves up or kill anyone in the London/Glasgow terrorist fiasco. They now realize they only need to pass on seemingly credible threats and we, like the tigers chasing each other round the tree in Little Black Sambo, will turn ourselves into pancake batter. The aspiring terrorists do not have to do a thing beyond generate the threat. We’ll inflict the rest of the wounds ourselves on ourselves.
Forget the duct tape. Grab your diapers and Depends. Start crapping yoursselves. The terrorists are coming or they are already here or they are not really a threat. It don’t matter. Just run around in a circle screaming.
The failure of the Bush Administration to handle these threats with some measure of professionalism (i.e., work the problem, don’t alarm the public, and catch the bad guys) without spilling their guts to the nearest media personality gives terrorists hope and keeps security consultants fully employed. Gee George, thanks buddy.






















