OMG, Terrorists!

[sleigh]

Despite the posturing of politicians afraid of not being re-elected, despite the growling of far-right bulldog Richard Cheney, despite the fear-mongering of the press and the paranoia of Joe Average, it's interesting to note that the latest terrorists were 1) homegrown, 2) caught not by 'enhanced interrogation', but by the standard intelligence and police work tactics, 3) had a plot that had nothing to do with airplanes or getting through airport security, and 4) were like many terrorists, not the brightest bulbs in the socket.

To me, it speaks well of Obama's defense yesterday of his attitudes toward security, terrorism and treatment of prisoners.

Comments

[gsmattingly]

Well, they were thinking about shooting down a plane or two. No, they did not seem very intelligent. Didn't all or most of them come from prison? I didn't understand how blowing up synagogues was retaliation for that which was happening in Afghanistan. With respect to other "real" terrorists, I don't think keeping them in detention centers causes them to believe that they should not be terrorists.