I will issue a warning right now. This post may have some ... intemperate language.
You may not remember my July 19th post about the inability of Muslims to be good Americans.... at least if you followed the logic and reasoning in the case of Pfc Nasser Abdo, a 21-year-old Muslim who discovered a religious objection to killing fellow coreligionists .... coincidentally, he discovered this religious objection in the lead-up to doing his own time in the field.
However, looking back, I wonder if anyone in the military bureaucracy talks to each other.
Why?
Because when Abdo was granted his status as a conscientious objector, he had already been AWOL (absent without leave) for over two weeks. The charge? Possession of child porn.
It seems that when I referenced the Fort Hood shooter in my post about Abdo, I was more accurate than I knew.
Because Abdo was just arrested in Texas, in possession of firearms and
bomb-making materials. This comes from the Huffington Post, NBC DFW, and Fox News, so I think I'm being perfectly neutral here ...
The Associated Press reports that .... Abdo has admitted he was planning an attack on ....
Wait for it.....
Fort Hood.
In the coming weeks, I hope that the army deliberately put out the word that Abdo would be granted his conscientious objector status in order to allay his suspicions and drop his guard. If so, it worked ... I'm not that optimistic, but what the heck. But, then again, I may have watched too many cop shows -- I half- suspect that Abdo's arrest on child porn may have been merely a cover to have the police talk with him in the first place.
But, then again, he used sharia law as a basis for his conscientious objector status. If you read my previous article on Abdo, you know that sharia is the brand of Islam favored by people who enjoy cutting off body parts, and stoning women to death after they have been raped.
Oh, and the image above? Notice the label in the lower right hand corner. The photo is a screen capture of Abdo from an Al Jazeera television interview.
I wonder if that made anyone suspicious.
An anti-war group, Iraq Veterans Against the War, had helped Abdo with his conscientious objector application. They were simply shocked, shocked I say, to discover that Abdo was a terrorist wannabe.
One of them noted
Anyway ... how did they catch Abdo, you ask?
We now go back to a previous story ... that Terrorists are Stupid.
Abdo went to a local gun store near Ft. Hood. In fact, he went to the same gun store where the first Fort Hood shooter bought one of the guns he used in his attack.
Now, I'm from New York, so my knowledge of the South is limited. But, seriously, did he have no other option but to buy from a store within rock-throwing distance of his target, and then ask questions about it?
Even better. Abdo went into the store, walked up to the store clerk (a 17-year veteran of the local police force), then bought bought 6 pounds of smokeless gunpowder, three boxes of shotgun
ammunition and a magazine for a semi-automatic pistol.
The clerk was concerned when Abdo asked questions about explosives .... in a gun store ....
Now, why would that set off any alarm bells?
Yes, my sarcasm is set to "kill."
Anyway ... this was just a follow up email. I don't have anything more to add. We can't say that this was an al-Qaeda sponsored plot, or payback for bin Laden. And, while we have Oslo on one end, and this twit on the other, it looks like pure, 100% coincidence. It is only in Tom Clancy novels that terrorists arrange for massive, three pronged attacks on multiple continents.
Then again, Tom Clancy is also where I first heard the line that "Fiction is different from reality. Fiction has to make sense."
You may not remember my July 19th post about the inability of Muslims to be good Americans.... at least if you followed the logic and reasoning in the case of Pfc Nasser Abdo, a 21-year-old Muslim who discovered a religious objection to killing fellow coreligionists .... coincidentally, he discovered this religious objection in the lead-up to doing his own time in the field.
However, looking back, I wonder if anyone in the military bureaucracy talks to each other.
Why?
Because when Abdo was granted his status as a conscientious objector, he had already been AWOL (absent without leave) for over two weeks. The charge? Possession of child porn.
It seems that when I referenced the Fort Hood shooter in my post about Abdo, I was more accurate than I knew.
Because Abdo was just arrested in Texas, in possession of firearms and
bomb-making materials. This comes from the Huffington Post, NBC DFW, and Fox News, so I think I'm being perfectly neutral here ...
The Associated Press reports that .... Abdo has admitted he was planning an attack on ....
Wait for it.....
Fort Hood.
In the coming weeks, I hope that the army deliberately put out the word that Abdo would be granted his conscientious objector status in order to allay his suspicions and drop his guard. If so, it worked ... I'm not that optimistic, but what the heck. But, then again, I may have watched too many cop shows -- I half- suspect that Abdo's arrest on child porn may have been merely a cover to have the police talk with him in the first place.
But, then again, he used sharia law as a basis for his conscientious objector status. If you read my previous article on Abdo, you know that sharia is the brand of Islam favored by people who enjoy cutting off body parts, and stoning women to death after they have been raped.
Oh, and the image above? Notice the label in the lower right hand corner. The photo is a screen capture of Abdo from an Al Jazeera television interview.
I wonder if that made anyone suspicious.
An anti-war group, Iraq Veterans Against the War, had helped Abdo with his conscientious objector application. They were simply shocked, shocked I say, to discover that Abdo was a terrorist wannabe.
One of them noted
I suspect it might be religious on his part, considering, again, he cited sharia law. And if you guys did think he was a little nuts, why didn't you suggest to the military that they send him to a shrink? You didn't need the conscientious objector status if he was nuts.
"We’re shocked [at Abdo's arrest]. I believe he had some
significant mental health issues that became apparent as we worked with him. He
had a particular version of Islam that was certainly … He was disrespectful to
women. These were the kinds of issues we argued over late last year. It’s not a
religious thing, it’s a matter of human decency.”
Anyway ... how did they catch Abdo, you ask?
We now go back to a previous story ... that Terrorists are Stupid.
Abdo went to a local gun store near Ft. Hood. In fact, he went to the same gun store where the first Fort Hood shooter bought one of the guns he used in his attack.
Now, I'm from New York, so my knowledge of the South is limited. But, seriously, did he have no other option but to buy from a store within rock-throwing distance of his target, and then ask questions about it?
Even better. Abdo went into the store, walked up to the store clerk (a 17-year veteran of the local police force), then bought bought 6 pounds of smokeless gunpowder, three boxes of shotgun
ammunition and a magazine for a semi-automatic pistol.
The clerk was concerned when Abdo asked questions about explosives .... in a gun store ....
Now, why would that set off any alarm bells?
Yes, my sarcasm is set to "kill."
Anyway ... this was just a follow up email. I don't have anything more to add. We can't say that this was an al-Qaeda sponsored plot, or payback for bin Laden. And, while we have Oslo on one end, and this twit on the other, it looks like pure, 100% coincidence. It is only in Tom Clancy novels that terrorists arrange for massive, three pronged attacks on multiple continents.
Then again, Tom Clancy is also where I first heard the line that "Fiction is different from reality. Fiction has to make sense."
