Sunday, July 01, 2007

Glasgow's Burning--Run For Your Lives

Glasgow's Burning--Run For Your Lives

by
Larry C Johnson
Preliminary, unconfirmed reports indicate a nuclear blast has occurred at Glasgow's international airport.  No one has seen the mushroom cloud or heard the blast, but something by God is happening and it must be terrible.  There is smoke and fire.  In fact, a car is on fire.  It must be Al Qaeda.  Only Al Qaeda knows how to set themselves on fire inside a car.  Please.  Flee to the hills (leave you doors unlocked).  Oh the humanity!
UPDATE:
As events unfold I'm simply asking that folks take a big deep breath and try to keep things in perspective.  Are there jihadist extremists in the world who are willing to kill innocents?  Absolutely.  Are they amenable to negotiation?  No.  I am not in the, "have you hugged a terrorist today" camp.  However, we need to stop equating their hatred with actual capability.
If today's events at Glasgow prove to be linked to the two non-events yesterday in London, then we should heave a sigh of relief.  We may be witnessing the implosion of takfiri jihadists--religious fanatics who are  incredibly inept.  While I am not an explosives expert I am good friends with one of the world's foremost explosives experts.  Propane tanks and petrol (gas for us Americans) can produce a dandy flame and a mighty boom but these are not the tools for making a car bomb long the lines of what we see detonating on a daily basis in Iraq.
My main beef remains that much of the cable news media reacts to this nonsense like a fifty year old guy on Viagra or Cialis--they pop major wood.  And the same warnings are appropriate--an erection lasting more than four hours may be harmful.  Amen.


  
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