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Terrorism and the Law Enforcement Fallacy

By Kevin | Related entries in News, The War On Terrorism

This past weekend’s thwarted terrorist plot in the UK clarified several things for us regarding the War on Islamic extremism. For starters, we should be grateful to see that religious fervor doesn’t entitle one to competence. Also, when a collection of M.D.’s are loading up cars with shrapnel and gasoline, it might be time to retire the exhausted notion that poverty and poor education are necessarily catalysts for terrorism.

This would of course require looking the actual problem directly in the proverbial eye, which is positively unacceptable to many on the isolationist Left. Many of the usual suspects have chimed in, and the Netroots consensus appears to be that attempted murder isn’t really a big deal. Attempted terrorism really isn’t a big deal. According to them, this is ideally how terrorism should be addressed–one little isolated incident at a time. After all, the British stopped it, right? This is good police work, which is how the war on terrorism should really be fought, correct?

So as for that terrorist attack in Yemen? Call the police. Those bomb makers in Thailand? That’s a matter for the authorities. Oh, and a few cars loaded with gas and nails? Fetch the constable! After all, the best way to combat terrorism is to simply have strong law enforcement.

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One Response to “Terrorism and the Law Enforcement Fallacy”

Jimmy the Dhimmi Says:
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:49 am
Imagine if Mohammad Atta and his goons were picked up the night before 9/11 for a DUI after coming from the strip-club, and the 9/11 plot was foiled. It would all have been a big joke to Keith Olberman and the rest of the Nutroots, just like this plot or Bojinka II last year. Have we learned anything?

By the way, they are no longer “Muslim Terrorists,” or “Islamic Extremists” anymore. Its official. The new Prime Minister of Britain has declared that terrorism is no longer to be associated with Islam, despite what the terrorists themselves claim. Apparently Gordon Brown knows more about what informs the decisions of terrorists than the terrorists do.

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