State of Fear

I'm really confused by the politcal punditry that has gone on since the Brits broke up the latest terror plot. Almost everyone has suggested this will translate into a boost for the Dunce in Chief and the Republicans. True, this has distracted the populace from the carnage with real people dying in Lebanon and Iraq. But doesn't this just demonstrate what a poor job we are doing in preventing terrorism. Below are just a few of the reasons that demonstrate that the government is mishandling the war on terror.

1. We're fighting them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here. Clearly this isn't working. Five years after September 11, while no plot has succeeded in the US, they are still being planned and many of our allies have suffered tragic losses.

2. Prior to the invasion of Iraq, Muslims in England weren't queueing up for 80 virgins. With this plot and the London bombings, it is clear that this group has become radicalised, perhaps not surprisingly. The Poodle in Chief, by following Bush into Iraq has left this group feeling stateless in their own country. Which brings me to perhaps the most important point.

3. The war in Iraq is creating more and more jihadists every day. "Death to America" is more than a battle cry. They mean it. Instead of snuffing out the terrorism problem when we had the chance, Bush has poured gasoline (quite literally) on the flame by invading Iraq. This is a problem of his own making. I was all for the war in Afghanistan. The governement there was protecting and collaborating with al Qaeda; so was a just target. But we didn't follow through and let the quarry get away.

4. When the arrest of the latest plotters was announced, what did Bush do? He went to a fundraiser, just like he did when Katrina hit New Orleans. He still doesn't get it.

5. In an attempt to show Bush has been engaged in this plot for sometime, the publicists made it be known that he has been following this for sometime. So riddle me this. If we have known about this plot so long, why did we wait until all the conspirators had been arrested to ban liquids on planes? Furthermore, if we'd known about it, how come we didn't have a plan for changing the procedures for air security. I'd feel much safer if we changed our procedures when these evildoers were at large. Given that these people were arrested when the plot was supposedly about to go down, what if there was another terror cell working independently somewhere in the US--that we didn't know about--that was going to blow up planes flying East on the same day. This again shows a lack of imagination on the part of Chertoff the Jerkoff and the Dunce in Chief when it comes to National Security.

The fact that this kind of plot can still get this far should mean people feel less safe than after 9/11. I know I do. Doesn't that mean that the Dunce in Chief is failing in the war on terror?