Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The Lure of the Conspiracy Theory
Probably out of desire on my part, I hope and believe that the new government in Pakistan is more eager than the last one to take on the Taliban, al Qaeda types and assorted Muslim extremists living near Afghanistan. However, it would not be of a particularly political advantage for the new government in Pakistan to be seen as enthusiastic supporters of American and NATO efforts against these same people. Thus, I have come to believe that the efforts of the Pakistan armed forces to oppose our attacks on the extremists is merely for show and we share the same desire as the Pakistanis to defeat and destroy the extremists. The news that the Pakistanis downed a predator type drone actually increases my belief, where shooting down a manned aircraft would have caused me to doubt it.
Once you're in, it's tough to get out.
Once you're in, it's tough to get out.
Labels: Pakistan, War Against Muslim Extremism
Friday, December 14, 2007
This Day in the History of Sneak Attacks on America
On this day in 1999, in Port Angeles, WA, Ahmed Ressam was arrested after crossing the border at Port Angeles from Canada with over 150-pounds of bomb-making materials, including 200-pounds of urea, timing devices and a bottle of RDX (cyclotrimethylene trinitramine) in the trunk of his car. The arrest came solely because of the heads-up work of Diana Dean, despite the claims of a former President that he was responsible for foiling of the attack planned for Los Angeles Airport.
(h/t This Day in History)
(h/t This Day in History)
Labels: War Against Muslim Extremism
Thursday, September 20, 2007
This Day in the History of Bush Hatred Time Travel
On this day in 1984, a suicide car bomber associated with Hamas and bankrolled by Iran attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in northern Beirut, killing twelve. We've had war waged on us by Islamic extremists for over 20 years now, it's just that no one on the left except Joe Lieberman can even see it.
Labels: War Against Muslim Extremism
Monday, September 10, 2007
Bin Laden Video a Fraud?
I was reading the transcript while George Maschke was looking at the video. Here is what he believes. Tough to fault the logic. All the current events referenced come when the video is frozen.
What I suspect was done is that an older, unreleased video was dubbed over for this release, with the video frozen when the audio track departed from that of the original video.
The stuff said while Bin Laden's lips are moving still sound like Democrats.
What I suspect was done is that an older, unreleased video was dubbed over for this release, with the video frozen when the audio track departed from that of the original video.
The stuff said while Bin Laden's lips are moving still sound like Democrats.
Labels: War Against Muslim Extremism
