{"id":1531,"date":"2009-12-28T21:23:13","date_gmt":"2009-12-29T04:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2009-12-28T22:49:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T05:49:44","slug":"an-inconvenient-truth-about-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/28\/an-inconvenient-truth-about-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inconvenient Truth About Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot remember one single incident in which an international terror attack was prefaced with a cry of, &#8220;Hail Mary, full of grace&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Who is like you, oh Lord&#8230;.&#8221; has not been uttered by even one suicide bomber just before they flipped their fatal switch.<\/p>\n<p>No airline hijacker has screamed, &#8220;Om Mani Padme Hum&#8221;, &#8220;Hare Krishna&#8221;, or even a simple &#8220;Aum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And in spite of the often discriminatory tone towards Christianity in this country, I know of no crowds of fanatics who have danced in the streets around a burning effigy, shouting &#8220;Jesus loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The simple fact is this.\u00a0 Virtually all international terror is done in the name of Islam.\u00a0 Note I did not say Islam is a religion of terror.\u00a0 I said terror is done in the name of Islam.\u00a0 Anyone wishing to step forward with a plausible denial of this simple fact please feel free to do so.<\/p>\n<p>So here is the problem in America today.\u00a0 The current occupant of the White House is an Islamic apologist and his administration reflects his attitude.<\/p>\n<p>In his first year in office, President Obama has gone out of his way to reach out to Islamic regimes, some of which can best be described as avowed enemies, either of us or our allies, while at the same time he tours the world, apologizing for the United States.\u00a0 Obama has tried to play down the importance of remembering 9\/11 by transforming it into a &#8220;day of service&#8221;.\u00a0 He has established the chilling precedent of bestowing constitutional rights on terrorists captured on the battlefield and intentionally avoided condemnation of terror admittedly and openly done in the name of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Why does Obama do this?\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know.\u00a0 Is it something left over from his childhood experiences?\u00a0 Perhaps.\u00a0 Is it because he continues to believe his own press about being &#8220;the Chosen One&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0 that somehow the strength of his charisma can overcome the hatred and death wish our sworn enemies have for us?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 But at the end of the day the reasons don&#8217;t really matter.\u00a0 What does matter is that I believe our country is less safe now because of this administration.<\/p>\n<p>This latest airline incident is truly frightening in what it reveals:\u00a0 Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, is a man on the terror watch list, whose own father, a highly placed Nigerian Diplomat, reported him as a terrorist. He boarded a plane with no passport, no luggage, and a one-way ticket paid in cash.\u00a0 This man almost succeeded in detonating a bomb on the plane as it approached Detroit&#8217;s Metro Airport.\u00a0 And the response of our Homeland Security Secretary? &#8220;Once the incident occurred, the system worked,&#8221;\u00a0 This may go down as one of the most asinine public statements ever made.\u00a0 But it is frighteningly a reflection of this administration&#8217;s impotent position on terror, er, I mean &#8220;man-caused disaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>God help us.\u00a0 Because I am starting to believe we are going to experience another disaster like 9\/11 and if I am alive afterward I fully expect to hear this president urge us not to &#8220;rush to judgment,&#8221; when, in fact that is exactly what we should do.\u00a0 Homeland Security should immediately begin to profile passengers according to threat level, starting with young Islamic men.\u00a0 If I was a peaceful Muslim male between the age of 18 and 30, and I was given extra scrutiny at an airport I think I would certainly understand.\u00a0 Wouldn&#8217;t you?\u00a0 But instead we ramp up our security for everyone in the name of political correctness and to placate.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t need to pat down wheelchair-bound octogenarians and mothers with a stroller carrying twins.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t need to force everyone to sit in their seats for the last hour of a flight, with nothing in their hands.\u00a0 We need to look for those who are most likely to commit these acts and like it or not they are within a pretty narrowly-defined group.\u00a0 We need to stop fearing what someone might say.\u00a0 And we need to stop pretending the regimes that spawn and sponsor these monsters will ever become our friends.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1531\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/28\/an-inconvenient-truth-about-terrorism\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1531\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/28\/an-inconvenient-truth-about-terrorism\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1531\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/28\/an-inconvenient-truth-about-terrorism\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/28\/an-inconvenient-truth-about-terrorism\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/28\/an-inconvenient-truth-about-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot remember one single incident in which an international terror attack was prefaced with a cry of, &#8220;Hail Mary, full of grace&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;Who is like you, oh Lord&#8230;.&#8221; has not been uttered by even one suicide bomber just before they flipped their fatal switch. 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