Wednesday, October 12, 2011

IRAN GOES POSTAL! TERRORISM PLOT THWARTED


Iran is directly involved in directing and organizing a plot to bomb Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, to kill at least the ambassador from Saudi Arabia, and to blow up a restaurant in Washington, DC according to the Justice Department.  Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri, both originally from Iran, have been arrested and detained.  Hundreds of innocent people would reportedly have been killed in the process.  This could be considered an overt act of war against the United States.

COMMENTS:
Obama has refused to deal with the nuclear threat in Iran and has repeatedly warned Israel to back off.  Taking military action against Iran at this juncture would surely assure Obama’s reelection; no sitting President has been turned out of office during wartime.  Had this plot been successful, even Obama could not have prevented us from retaliation.  One thing is obvious:  Ignoring Iran is not the answer.  Chew on all of that for a while.    

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Will they find Michael Jackson’s doctor guilty of murder?  (Amanda ~ Oxnard, CA)
A. He is certainly guilty of something.  What was propofol doing in Jackson’s house?  Why did he not report the drug abuse to authorities?  I don’t know that they will find him guilty of 1st degree murder, but he is certainly guilty to some lesser level such as negligent homicide or manslaughter. 

Q. What do you think about Chris Christie endorsing Mitt Romney?  (Mitch ~ Henderson, NV)
A. Endorsements from such prominent Republicans may theoretically play a role in the primaries.  However, the 2008 elections featured so many endorsements that they eventually lost their significance.  I personally think that if we just accept an endorsement by somebody and vote accordingly, we are not doing our jobs as citizens in investigating the candidates before we cast our votes.  I know it takes time and energy, but this IS after all is said and done… our country.

Q. The heat is growing on Eric Holder as it becomes more obvious that he and the Justice Department have been hiding, shucking and ducking the facts on the Fast and Furious scandal.  Can he hang on to his job?  (Julia ~ Brigham City, UT)
A. In light of yesterday’s events, I changed my answer to this question.  I do not think that the revelation about the Iranian plot yesterday was coincidental.  Investigators would probably have been able to get more information on the plot if they had a few more days or weeks before this became public.  I think the revelation yesterday was a direct attempt to detract from the Fast and Furious scandal, and that, my friend, is a measure of the seriousness of the scandal situation.  I don’t think the heat is going to die down in the long run.   

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“When I say that terrorism is war against civilization, I may be met by the objection that terrorists are often idealists pursuing worthy ultimate aims -- national or regional independence, and so forth. I do not accept this argument. I cannot agree that a terrorist can ever be an idealist, or that the objects sought can ever justify terrorism. The impact of terrorism, not merely on individual nations, but on humanity as a whole, is intrinsically evil, necessarily evil and wholly evil.” ~ Benjamin Netanyahu

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