Posted by
A Vast Right Wing Conspirator on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 2:27:06 PM
In light of the good news that a "homegrown" terrorist plot was foiled yesterday, I'd like to take a moment to discuss a few things that had irked me concerning the media coverage.
There are two extremely important aspects to this story. One is that if the plan had been carried out, it would have been extremely bad for our military, the George Bush creation of the department of Homeland Security, George Bush, the FBI, the CIA, and would be just plain bad for America in general. The fact that it was not carried out due to a vigilant citizen's tip and the FBI's investigation makes it something to pooh-pooh by the leftist media. This story is HUGE but the best way the media can downplay this story is to marginalize and put it on the "back page."
Last night on "Hannity and Colms," I had already heard Alan Colms mentioned (paraphrasing) Conservatives like to say that we are fighting in Iraq so that we don't have to fight terrorists here and that because of this story, it proves that that logic is incorrect. Colm's view misses the larger point. Ever since 9-11, this has been thought of as a two front war - abroad AND at home. If you can call this plot "homegrown" then you can also call the 9-11 plot homegrown since the 9-11 plotters were living here. I don't think conservatives every thought that if we stay in Iraq then we'll be ammune on our soil. The idea is that we are fighting the brunt of the organized terror network in Iraq. Bush has routinely cautioned Americans to be vigilant. Colm's argument is misleading at best. CNN.com is also downplaying the situation buy burying the story. A day after the arrests, there is no coverage on their homepage website. The next thing you'll likely hear from the media is that this plot was not really that credible of a threat. Otherwise, how could an average citizen thwart it. Since a threat of a large magnitude was thrwarted on Bush's watch, it makes Bush look good and the media can't have that. They also are trying to have the story both ways. It's such a big deal that it shows that you can't prevent "homegrown" terrorism by being in Iraq or it is such an insignificant story that it does not deserve to be covered.
The second important aspect to this story is that members of this cell were illegal immigrants. This is another reason the left will seek to downplay this story. As Michelle Malkin points out, if these jihadists would have laid low for a while, they may have gotten amnesty if Congress is successful in pushing their "amnesty for illegals" bill. Despite Bush's and other RINO's support, most core Conservatives are against it so, in reality, it's a liberal plan. This story shows how it is so very important to seal our borders and account for all of the "undocumented." This is important not just to get a headcount but to actually dig in to the history of who we are letting in. There is a report that these jihadists may have been smuggled in our porus borders. Three of the plotters were here illegally and two had green cards. What would be the easiest way to smuggle in people? It's probably a borderline just south of the Rio Grande. Maybe these guys got in through the Mexican border or maybe the Canadian or even smuggled in a container at one of our ports. Whichever way they got in illegally, it should reinforce the core conservative view that we need to secure our borders - all of them. It's not as simplistic as Immigrant's "Rights" versus those whom oppose immigrants. It is not an anti-Mexican agenda at all as the media likes to paint it. . It is one aspect in the war on terror.