The Real Threat To Our Nation

By Semperpapa

What would that be? Islamic terrorists? Nuclear Iran? Oh no, my friends. The true threat our country faces these days is domestic terrorism, defined as terrorism actions perpetrated by American citizens. And the feds are gearing up to crack down on it.

Sure, the threat from Muslim terrorist is being looked at, including the possibility of Iran being able to construct a nuclear weapon that can be shared with terrorists for use against us, but this scenario is surely not as pressing as domestic terror.
After all, Obama has gone to extreme lengths to appease the Muslim world with real, tangible results, like…I am sure they are there, somewhere.

But forget about that.

When on February 18, 2010 Joseph Stack flew his small plane into the IRS offices in Austin Texas, the proof of Janet Napolitano’s conviction was right there for the whole country to see. The 53 years old software engineer with a long history of conflict with the Internal Revenue, finally decided that the “man” was going to pay for all the abuse inflicted upon him.

Well, was this a case of domestic terrorism? Of course it was. How else one would described this piece of garbage taking it upon himself to seek revenge upon people who just went to work that day. I define terrorism an act which is designed to inflict as large a casualty count on a group of people who does not have a direct, personal connection with the perpetrator. If the people in the IRS office Mr. Stack aimed his airplane at were directly responsible for his disapproval of the federal agency, than it would be a case of premeditated murder. But the perpetration of the crime was directed to what those offices represented without any discrimination about who the victims would be, than for me it is terrorism.

The act of domestic terrorism has given a lot of powder for the guns of the Left ready to sharpen their conspiracy talons.
Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart wrote:

I am struck by how his alienation is similar to that we’re hearing from the extreme elements of the Tea Party movement.

Speaking of the rumbling manifesto Stack had left on his web site.
Really my friend? Have you ever been to a demonstration of the Tea Party movement? I guess not. Besides a “famous” columnist of the Washington Post would not really mingle with the lower class of people that attend those rallies anyway.
On the other hand, I have and never once that I have heard any inkling of violence. But I digress.

I just find it slightly amusing how when Hasan walked in the Ft. Hood office and started yelling “Allah Akbar” while gunning down unarmed innocent people around him, the Media complacently refrained from advancing any theory of dismissal of the official White House stand that Hasan action was an isolated incident, only addressing the connections of the man with a radical Muslim imam in Yemen when the news had become so widely reported that they could not avoid it.
Similarly, the Media treated the Panty Bomber to the same level of isolation that Hasan enjoyed.

But have a snapped anti-IRS, anti-Bush and anti-Capitalism nutcase fly a small plane into a federal building and suddenly the Media goes on overtime creating dots they can connect to attack those law abiding citizens who dared to voice their opposition to the disastrous policy of their Messiah.

The saving grace is that the American people, even those of us not smart enough to understand that we should not question Obama and Co. as we are not intellectually equipped, are well aware of the bias the Media operates from. Their success lately, demonstrates that their credibility, even the little they had, has reached such a low level that their opinions are only good for a rant or two and for some twisted amusement.

In April 2009, Janet Napolitano’s DHS released a report called “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment” in which, among other things, the agency was alerting the law enforcement agencies that:

DHS/I&A assesses that rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat. These skills and knowledge have the potential to boost the capabilities of extremists—including lone wolves or small terrorist cells—to carry out violence. The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today.

Even if the report was sort of retracted after a deluge of protests from Veterans associations across the Nation, the direction delineated in it remains, as she reaffirmed it at the annual conference of Governors in Washington last weekend. She stated that a lot of the type of extremism that was expected from overseas has shown up within our borders.
And what is she doing about it? She is conducting semi-secret meetings with the leadership of domestic Islamic groups who, through law enforcement investigations, have been connected to terrorist organizations abroad.

Man! Do I feel safe now!

Just my thoughts!