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Was it just a ticketing accident that led to a bombing attempt on Christmas? Was it all about blackout dates and frequent-flyer miles?
It wasn't. You know it. And I know it. But our government refuses to know it. Despite vast databases crammed with evidence, our leaders -- of both parties -- still refuse to connect Islamist terrorism with Islam.
Our insistence that "Islam's a religion of peace" would have been cold comfort to the family members of those passengers had the bomb detonated as planned.
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I said this already about nothing said in the news about the Attempted bombing and it being done on Christmas Day.
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Abdulmutallab's own father warned our diplomats that his son had been infected by Islamist extremism. Our diplomats did nothing. Why? Because (despite a series of embassy bombings) the State Department dreads linking terrorism to Islam.
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Why is this.. For me it's just like about everything MOST of DOS people do. Sit in their Offices and ride home scared out of their minds in an armored car or van with a driver hoping they will make it home. Even if they are in a US Friendly Country. They push paperwork and not truly meeting with the Local Government or Local nationals.
USAID and other DOS departments will never go out to the places that really need the infrastructure improved, but stay in the capital cities and hire locals to do their work for them and they submit the reports on the DoS mission. So in turn they don't know what is really happen and alienates themselves for the real world.
I loved watching and hearing what Tom Ridge had to say on CBS Early Show this morning. When asked about the new 1 hour prior to landing rule and if it is effective measure. Wish I could find and transcript of it.
BLUF - He made it clear he thought it was a Joke.