Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Perpetual puzzlement
On tonight's news they're discussing, yet again, the ever-new threat of home-grown terrorists.
Expert said: "It wasn't that long ago, when we talked about a terrorist, we were talking about someone trained in a cave overseas."
Yes, you were talking that way, but no successful terrorists have ever been trained that way.
The 9/11 boys were trained in Germany and Florida and Oklahoma.
Shortly thereafter, you experts began talking about the "potential new" threat of homegrown terrorists, which would "soon replace" the caveman type. And after 10 years you're still talking about the "potential new" threat, which is in fact the only threat.
All successful terrorists have been trained (or self-trained) in America or Europe. The only thing that comes from those "cave" countries is money and Islamic ideology.
If you really believe this crap about the need to remove "failed states", you're only fooling yourselves. I don't think you really believe it. You keep saying it, and the media keeps replaying it year after year, to justify our endless pointless warlike operations in those "cave" countries.
= = = = =
Later: No, I take it back. There was one Islamic jihadi who was trained in those "cave" countries. Terry Nichols, born in Michigan and trained in the Philippines.
¶ 5:45 PM
Expert said: "It wasn't that long ago, when we talked about a terrorist, we were talking about someone trained in a cave overseas."
Yes, you were talking that way, but no successful terrorists have ever been trained that way.
The 9/11 boys were trained in Germany and Florida and Oklahoma.
Shortly thereafter, you experts began talking about the "potential new" threat of homegrown terrorists, which would "soon replace" the caveman type. And after 10 years you're still talking about the "potential new" threat, which is in fact the only threat.
All successful terrorists have been trained (or self-trained) in America or Europe. The only thing that comes from those "cave" countries is money and Islamic ideology.
If you really believe this crap about the need to remove "failed states", you're only fooling yourselves. I don't think you really believe it. You keep saying it, and the media keeps replaying it year after year, to justify our endless pointless warlike operations in those "cave" countries.
= = = = =
Later: No, I take it back. There was one Islamic jihadi who was trained in those "cave" countries. Terry Nichols, born in Michigan and trained in the Philippines.
¶ 5:45 PM
