Hail to Thee, Land of Terrorists, My Oregon

Hello friends, and welcome to another edition of This Week in Terrorism. As we know, it's been quite an eventful week, particularly in London. In the midst of the investigation of the Seven-Seven bombing we've seen a homegrown connection, another attack, and more posturing and blame from the terrorists' left-wing allies in both America and Britain. What can be done on the home front in order to keep it from happening again? That and more on This Week in Terrorism.

Yesterday it was discovered there was a homegrown connection to the Seven-Seven bombing in London. Not just a homegrown connection, but an Oregon connection. It seems that the mastermind of the London bombing, Haroon Rashid Aswat, attempted to set up the terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon. This should come as a surprise to no one familiar with the state of Oregon as a whole. Both the people and governments of Oregon seem to be quite welcoming and even sympathetic of Al Qaeda, their membership, their objectives, and their means. This terrorist training camp was scouted by an Al Qaeda cell operating in the northwest, since the region held a climate hospitable to anti-American activity. This was the same region in which millennium celebrations in Seattle were cancelled because Algerian Ahmed Ressam tried to launch a terrorist attack. After September 11, seven members of the mayor of Portland’s staff attempted to join the Taliban so they could join their fellow Muslim extremists and left-wing traitors like John Walker Lindh in killing the American infidels. The Portland Seven have since been thwarted, much to the dismay of their left-wing allies and enablers in the Rose City.

The governments of the State of Oregon, Multnomah County, and several of Oregon’s cities, have been among the least compliant with the War on Terror in this country. Several cities- including Portland, Eugene, Corvallis, and Ashland- several counties- including Benton, Multnomah, and Lane- and the state government itself have passed resolutions of non-compliance in fighting terror with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Portland’s Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) urged Portlanders to “resist” the US War on Terror. As simplistic as it sounds, President Bush was correct in his “either you are with us or you are with the terrorists” assessment in that so-called neutrality in this war is tantamount to aiding and abetting terrorists in committing their savagery. It seems clear as the crystal methamphetamine their residents enjoy which side Oregon is on.

With all the time and trouble America and her allies are going to defeat terrorism in the Middle East, we often forget about the dangers looming at home: the twin terror in London, the Madrid attack, the brutal murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh in Amsterdam, and terror cells operating throughout Europe and America under the apathy or sympathy of their governments. The solution would seem simple enough but has been complicated by- you guessed it- the terrorists’ anti-American allies on the left.

It wouldn’t be that difficult to infiltrate and prosecute terror cells in the northwest and in other parts of this country and the world. Much of it could be done through existing law. Indeed, if radical Muslim clerics said the same things about African-Americans, women, and homosexuals that they do about Americans, Jews, and Christians they would be charged with hate speech. Freedom of speech is not without limits- it never has been- and under the circumstances, radical clerics inciting acts of terrorism against the west would in fact meet the “imminent lawless action” requirement set by the United States Supreme Court. Immigration and asylum laws- completely out of whack in Europe- should be subjected to stricter scrutiny to prevent terrorists and recruiters from reaching their intended target countries. It should not be considered extreme to take these and other necessary measures to protect this country from further barbaric savagery.

That about wraps it up for another edition of This Week in Terrorism. This is your humble blogger and columnist reminding you to stay vigilant and keep supporting America- it’s the easiest way to stop a terrorist and annoy a liberal.