December 29, 2009
Homeland Security 101
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano came in for some well-deserved criticism for declaring over the weekend that "the system worked" with respect to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's effort to blow up the plane he was flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. By Monday, she was backpedaling, acknowledging that "our system did not work in this instance."
In truth, for a lot of Americans, Ms. Napolitano has not had much credibility since she tried to ban "terrorism" from the official lexicon of her department. But arguably the most serious indication that she is wholly ill-equipped to carry out her present responsibilities can be found in another – as yet uncorrected – statement she made on Sunday. She told CNN's "State of the Union" that, "Right now, we have no indication [that Abdulmutallab's actions were] part of anything larger."
Not "part of anything larger"? Is she serious? Does she take us for fools?
Read my lips, Secretary Napolitano: Abdulmutallab's actions were absolutely, positively part of something larger. What they were part of is the comprehensive theo-political-legal program that authoritative Islam calls Shariah.
This supremacist program requires its adherents to engage in jihad, or holy war, to bring about the triumph of Islam under a global theocracy, one that will impose Shariah on Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Pursuant to Shariah, jihad should – wherever practicable – be pursued through the terrifying use of violence. Where violent jihad is impractical or would be counterproductive, Shariah directs faithful Muslims to use other means to advance the same goal. Koran expert Robert Spencer calls the latter "stealth jihad."
The question must be asked: Are we seeing a dramatic increase in violent jihadism in America – National Public Radio reported on Saturday that there had been 14 attempts in 2009 (compared to two or three in recent years) and that they had been increasingly "operational" in character, not just "aspirational" – because violence is now seen to be practicable here?
Specifically, could it be that jihadists have been emboldened by what they see as weakness and/or fecklessness on the part of the U.S. administration? Could steps Team Obama has taken – such as the closure of Guantanamo Bay, the release of some hardened terrorists held there to Yemen (where Abdulmuttalab claims he got his plastic explosive device), granting others access to civilian courts and constitutional rights, etc. – actually be emboldening them to believe that murder and mayhem will accelerate the defeat and conquest of the infidel West?
The U.S. government was warned by Abdulmutallab's father at least two months ago that his son had been "radicalized" – in other words, that he had embraced Shariah. That being the case, he was transformed from being one of the hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world who are not a problem into one of those who are.
In the wake of the latest, narrowly averted massacre at the hands of jihadists, we are being promised executive branch reviews of the practice that, in the wake of his father's warning, put Abdulmuttalab on the improbably named Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) database – but did not revoke his multiple entry U.S. visa or otherwise keep him from flying. Multiple congressional investigations will be launched, as well.
Such reviews will, however, amount to little more than a waste of time and taxpayer resources – and possibly a serious distraction – if they do not address, and henceforth require screening for, the motivation for such attacks. It is absurd to think that "the system" is going to do anything other than exponentially increase the amount of discomfort for airline passengers as long as it does not weed out those who embrace as an article of faith their duty to destroy us.
We need to be equally clear about the menace posed by those who adhere to Shariah but profess to seek to "Islamicize" America through non-violent means. In the wake of the recent actual and averted attacks, the press has, for example, trumpeted the views of parents of five jihadists from Northern Virginia, imams at mosques where they worshipped and prominent fixtures in the various Muslim Brotherhood front organizations. Unsurprisingly, all of them profess shock – shock! – that these young people would want to do as they have been taught to, pursuant to Shariah: namely, follow the way of jihad against the Dar al-Harb (the "House of War" that is the non-Muslim world).
Nowhere in these disinformation operations is any mention made of the Muslim Brotherhood's self-declared mission in America. According to an internal Brotherhood strategic plan dating from 1991, that mission is: "A kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging" its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah's religion is made victorious over all other religions."
As long as Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder, the intelligence community, law enforcement, the military, the media and the whole Obama administration refuse to acknowledge what animates our enemies, we will never develop an effective strategy for defeating them, let alone successfully implement it. Part and parcel of achieving such an understanding is to stop allowing the stealth jihadists in our midst to blind us to this reality.
Excellent article. Thanks for the background facts so we can all help spread the truth about this menace to our freedom and survival.
posted by: ginny ford
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 09:09 AM
The US and other Western powers could learn a lot from the Israelis efficient methods of Security.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/28/david-asper-learn-a-lesson-from-israel-on-airport-security.aspx
posted by: Kim Bruce
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 11:56 AM
How to solve airline security:
1. All persons with an Islamic name are identified and placed in a separate queue.
2.Intell from mosque attendance is also used.
3.Everyone in the Islamic queue is taken to a private area and stripped searched with orifice checking.
4.Everyone else gets the standard screening.
Done.
Consequence:
1. This will cause all so-called moderate muslims (if they even exist) to finally begin policing themselves.
2. No islamic terrorist will ever destroy another airplane full of innocents.
It's called PROFILING.
posted by: gooberman
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 03:41 PM
I agree with gooberman. As well, sharia must be stamped out wherever it raises its ugly head here in the U.S. It's destroying England. We can't let it destroy the U.S.
Another thing would make U.S. travelers safer and feel safer--arrest and prosecute with automatic sentences of 20 years in Federal prison any and all imams or their followers disrupting air flight as they did on a U.S. jet again recently.
posted by: levotb
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 03:56 PM
Eisenhower and Kennedy warned us about the ruthless military industrial complex. Yet, just reading the 4 posts before mine, I'm dismayed that many remain naive..believing that brown skinned men in sandals with AK47's, RPG's and box cutters, folks an ocean away are to be feared? Get real people! DHS and the entire "terror" structure is not for "them", it's for US. To oppress American citizens, steal our savings and pensions, destroy our Constitution and transition all into their Stalinist style New World Order. My sons history book, chapter 13 is titled- "America's Role in the New World Order". A world dominated by an unelected group of miscreants, cretins scrutinizing every aspect of our lives via force/intimidation. Such sounds good to you? Obama just granted Interpol complete immunity on USA soil. Meaning, associates can arrest any American citizen, seize property..no Habeas corpus, no Bill of Rights, no accountability. This is really scary. Our "real" enemies are the obscenely wealthy owners of the IMF, World Bank and Federal Reserve seeking to enslave us, not poor people herding goats, many living in shanty towns, caves even. Please quit being suckers while derelicts like Nick Rockefeller laugh at the stupidity of the "sheep". Time to stop the immoral wars, the destruction of the Republic.
posted by: Pete
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 01:11 AM
Pete:
If being naive is believing that brown skinned men in sandals with AK47's, RPG's and box cutters, folks an ocean away are to be feared, count me in. It is impractical to ignore the fact that those who embrace jihad or sharia draw their views from what they consider to be the word of God and have shaped their mindset accordingly. They continue to demonstrate the fact that they have no reservation or predilection to attempt to kill "infidels" wherever and whenever. While not being able to either endorse or deny your assertions as valid, please return the consideration and don't denegrate the views of others or the seriousness of this focused threat to the US and US citizens. Challenges to our collective well being may be myriad but necessarily have to be addressed with a focused effort.
posted by: Nick
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 06:57 AM
Folks, it's simply common sense that when someone claims to adhere to a faith that requires the killing of "non-believers" you take him at his word! If the terrorist known as "KAS" says he's guilty, that's plenty good enough for me! Why should we spend an estimated $75 MILLION for "security" at his NY trial when we could be building a GALLOWS for seventy-five BUCKS?
posted by: VivaLaMigra
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Homeland Security 101
1. Fire Janet
0. Instill Seperation Laws for flying. IE. Muslims on this plane everyone else on that plane.
1. Fire Obama
posted by: Name
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 04:33 PM
