Pat Buchanan didn't quite say the words "grotesque,
fear-driven over-reactions are successes for terrorism and invite more of the
same."
But that seems to have been his judgment.
The comments indicate his readers are divided, some calling for
a ban on Muslim immigration, others dissenting from terrorist-hysteria, and
others yet seizing this new opportunity to damn key targets of right wing hate
in the administration.
Meanwhile, others lambaste the FBI for “dropping the ball,
yet again.”
Judging by the general run of Muslim terrorist
incidents, it seems fair to say our authorities over-estimate the danger and
over-react, regularly.
But judging by their occasional, major deeds, it all seems
rather less extravagant and out of place.
And judging by their declared aspirations and what they
might actually someday be able to do, attack with real wmd and not
pressure-cooker bombs, maybe not at all.
But how much of that "aspiration" has just been our enemies having fun
yelling “Suitcase nukes! Radiological weapons! Sarin gas! Weaponized Anthrax! Boo!” and then watching us first go
pale with fear and then squander a trillion dollars blowing up sand and making
lots more enemies?
How far has our overreaction to 9/11, with two invasions and
a decade of war, destabilized the whole Maghreb and the Middle East and Central
Asia to the advantage of Islamism and its anti-Zionist, anti-American
ambitions?
And how far have we continued to play with fire by
surreptitiously and openly supporting Islamists in conflicts with Russia out of
no more than a stupid cold war habit?
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