SteveDinMD: I’m afraid what we’re seein from the Democrats is the implementation of a cynical political strategy, born out of their frustration in the aftermath of the 2002 mid-term elections. Historically, parties opposed to a sitting President have recorded significant gains among their Congressional caucuses. Democrats therefore expected to take control of both the House and Senate in 2002, but that wasn’t the case. Democrats actually LOST ground in 2002, and they attributed their electoral defeat to a wave of support accruing to the President as a consequence of the “War on Terrorism.” Some analysts have described this phenomenon as a “Patriotism Effect” that naturally occurs when the country is at war.

Democrats, facing a similar political situation in the 2004 election, decided on a strategy designed to diminish the President’s built-in “war boost” in the polls. Their strategy had two parts:

1) Undermine the war’s legitimacy in the public’s mind, and

2) Undermine the President’s effectiveness in prosecuting the war.

Moreover, this strategy was totally unprecedented in U.S. history. The Democrats, in their pursuit of raw power, had effectively decided to advance the cause of the ENEMY. Make no mistake. Though practically all Democrats publicly “supported the troops,” their secret agenda was almost uniformly to increase U.S. casualties in order to inspire war-weariness in the electorate, with news of each and every roadside bomb gleefully received at DNC Headquarters. It’s sickening.

Do tell! Here is Webster’s on “fascism”: Any program for setting up a centralized autocratic national regime with severely nationalistic policies, exercising regimentation of industry, commerce and finance, rigid censorship, and forcible suppression of opposition.

Here is Webster’s on “theocracy”: Government of a state by the immediate direction of God; thearchy; hence, government by priests or ministers as representatives of God. (2) A state so governed.

The fundamentalist Islamic jihad waging, terrorism plotting and practicing zealots are bent on a Taliban style theocracy which incorporates all of the elements of fascism. Check out Iran, the struggles in Indonesia, the internal fight Mussaraf is waging in Pakistan, what is blooming in Somalia, the Saudi struggle with containing Wahabbism, the fundamentalist core that opposes Mubarak in Egypt, the jihad in Northern Malaysia against Southern Thailand, the civil war in Chechnya, etc.

Islamofascist(s) cuts to the chase. Liberals should celebrate a “new” word.

Why do I get the feeling that many liberals are comfortable making war on the war on terrorism? Do they still feel that rolling over is preferable to standing up? (Better “red” than dead.) Perhaps we only need to send Jimmy Carter to chat these guys up. He did so well in Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Haiti etc. Maybe we should boycott the Olympics. Maybe we should shred the Constitution and just become a plebiscite of the United Nations. Jeez! So many choices…….what shall we do?

This is a huge Nation and if people only knew what is stopped on a daily business day it would amaze them. Homeland is not, 100% but imagine if this had happened.
I blame the politicians that want the illegals to come on in. I am on the Southern part of the United States and we hear of things others don’t in other countries.

Keep up the good reporting La Shawn

It looks as if some politicians knew of this investigation for some time. King is quoted as saying he knew of it for ten months. He was just itching to reveal it as a way of keeping more DHS money.

Maybe the FBI needs to look at who the papers “on the record” congressional sources are and they might just find out who leaked the story.

The paper blew another investigation. For what. There was no risk in non-disclosure. Some of the protagonists are in jail and it appears that the FBI were tracking the rest.

Methinks the leakers used another MSM news source to take the heat off the NYT.

When my family came to America we accepted living in an American Culture. Otherwise why come here? If you absolutely have to live in 722 AD stay in friggin Saudi Arabia.

SteveDinMD: The NYT (along with every “journalist”) will learn only after Keller and Sulzburger spend 10 years (with the rest of their lives remaining) undergoing “attitude adjustment” in the bowels of the Federal SuperMax in Colorado, where they will never again see the sun, nor a leaf, nor a blade of grass. Lock them up, and throw away the key!

Sorry my sarcasm was too subtle (subtlety isn’t usually one of my qualities). I was just repeating the NYT’s own reasoning. What a bunch of losers!

I realize the Holland Tunnel is used every day by real live actual people, but being from California, my only contact with it is in the movie, “The Deadly Mantis.” Since the FBI says the terrorists were serious and getting outside help, the terrorists’ plans were much worse than having to napalm a gigantic preying mantis in the Tunnel.

It would be nice if the Treason Times would learn either to 1) shut up when national security is at risk, or 2) report the terrorists’ secrets once in a while. Getting both from them might be asking too much.