Terrorism On The Increase Under Obama

Discussion in 'Politics' started by pspr, Apr 20, 2013.

  1. pspr

    pspr

    The Obama Years: For someone who goes out of his way to miniaturize the threat from terrorism, terrorism sure seems to dog this president. When will President Obama face up to this growing evil?

    During coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, CNN made a startlingly inaccurate claim about the terror tempo occurring under this administration — one that reflects the administration's own state of denial about the rising threat.

    The network's homeland security analyst, Juliette Kayyem, asserted: "We have not had (even) a small-scale terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11."

    In fact, the nation has suffered several major attacks — and most of them have taken place on Obama's watch.

    Since 2009, terrorists have shot up our military bases, assassinated our diplomats and burned our embassies. And now they've murdered and blown off the limbs of innocent spectators, ambushed and shot cops and completely shut down our 10th-largest city.

    June 1, 2009: Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad shot and killed one military recruiter and seriously wounded another at a Little Rock, Ark., recruiting station. Muhammad, a convert to Islam, had visited Yemen for 16 months, where he spent time in prison and became radicalized. Muhammad identified with al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

    Nov. 5, 2009: Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army major serving as a psychiatrist, opened fire at Fort Hood, Texas. He shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — Allah is Greatest! — as he killed 13 and wounded 29 fellow soldiers. Hasan had received approval for his act from al-Qaida operative Anwar Awlaki.

    March 4, 2010: John Patrick Bedell, a Muslim convert, shot and wounded two Pentagon police officers at a security checkpoint in the Pentagon station of the Washington Metro transit system in Arlington County, Va.

    Sept. 11, 2012: Al-Qaida operatives attacked the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The heavily armed assault began during the night at a compound meant to protect the consulate building. A second assault early the next morning targeted a nearby CIA annex. Four people were killed, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. Ten others were injured.

    April 15, 2013: In the latest act of terror on Obama's watch, at least two Muslim jihadists set off pressure-cooker bombs loaded with shrapnel at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring 183. Then, in a second wave of terror, the terrorists shot two police officers, killing one, and also injured several others with military-grade explosives. As this is being written, the terror siege hasn't ended.

    These are just the actual terror attacks. They don't include all the major plots and near misses, such as:

    September 2009: Authorities arrested Afghan native Najibullah Zazi before he could blow up the New York City subway.

    September 2009: Police nabbed Jordanian national Hosam Maher Husein Smadi before he could plant a bomb in a Dallas skyscraper.

    December 2009: Passengers on a flight bound for Detroit tackled Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before he could detonate dangerous PETN and TATP explosives sewn into his underwear. Abdulmutallab was trained in Yemen by al-Qaida.

    May 2010: A massive bomb planted by Faisal Shahzad, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, fails to explode as planned in an SUV parked in Time Square. He was trained and funded by the Taliban.

    October 2010: Chicago synagogues discovered explosives packed inside two printer cartridges shipped by cargo planes from al-Qaida in Yemen. Luckily, the attacks failed.

    Mr. President, saying there's no Islamic terrorism doesn't make it go away.

    And canceling the war on terror doesn't end it. Face it, we are engaged in a long-term war. And it's not over yet.


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  2. Humpy

    Humpy

    About time serious action was taken with terrorists.
    Trying to catch them and sticking them in jail is not deterrent enough.
    So what is ?

    Perhaps those convicted of terrorism should be held responsible for terrorist acts. So 2 convicted terrorists could be executed for every 1 person they kill.

    Surely others like their parents, clerics etc. should also share the blame. Bringing up kids to be monsters just isn't excusable. Schools should have at least a class a week on being a good citizen and how to handle guns safely. Drum the message home that illegal activies are wrong.
    Bring back corporal punishment and reward good behaviour.
     
  3. Humpy

    Humpy

    That extra class could be made extra interesting by teaching all those things one should know when growing up. Like sex education, teenage medical problems, money management, what-career-do you-fancy with trips to a real mine, office etc., public speaking, nutrition, various religions/philosophies of life. In fact what most teachers and parents never get around to teaching and are so important.

    :eek:

    straighten out the confused and misguided imho
     
  4. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    The bleeding heart leftists will never go along with anything that will make a difference.