A guy gets on an airplane, lights his underwear on fire in an attempt to detonate a device and subsequently blow up the plane, is then subdued by passengers and arrested in Detroit once the plane lands safely to which Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the system worked. Umm…excuse me? What system worked how?Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab purchased a one-way ticket from Lagos, Nigeria to Detroit, Michigan via Amsterdam and he paid in cash. Was he flagged? Did anyone investigate? Nope! I’m not sure about you but I call that a system fail.
Abdulmutallab’s own father had reported concerns to the U.S. Embassy over his son’s extreme religious views and asked for assistance in finding him and bringing him home. By the time he was located he was trying to blow up an airplane in the skies over Michigan. System fail!
He was able to board an aircraft bound towards America with explosive chemicals tucked away in his pants. System fail!
Abdulmutallab was placed in a database for people who had known ties to terrorists and terrorism. He had been denied entry into Britain but was able to be granted a United States visa and was on a flight bound to the U.S. without anyone so much as giving him a second look Again, system fail!
So you can see why many Americans raised an eyebrow and said, Huh?” when she announced to the world Sunday morning that, “The important thing to note is that the system worked.” Exactly what worked? If that system is allowing terrorists aboard airplanes, hoping the explosive device malfunctions and then counting on the passengers to take the terrorists down then, yes, the system worked splendidly. I just hope that isn’t the plan we are inversing billions of tax payer dollars in.
Of course on Monday Napolitano changed her tone and said that the system had failed. She also stated that he comment on Monday had been taken out of context. How exactly does that happen? How do you say one thing and then twenty-four hours later to a 180 and say that your previous comment was taken out of context? Were we to interpret the previous statement as a statement of failure because I’m pretty sure that when you say something is working then you are trying to express to your intended audience that its…working. The idea that taking a government official’s word for what it is would actually be taking the statement out of context is beyond me. Has the Obama Administration actually reached the point where they put the blame the American people for believing something they say? It looks like it!
The spin doctors we have in Washington are out of control. Janet Napolitano said that the part of the system that worked was the implementation of new policies and procedures immediately following the incident. Now for the final hour of your flight you’re not allowed to go to the restroom nor have anything (blanket, book, laptop anything) in your lap. The pilot is no longer allowed to point out landmarks while flying over and while not being able to go to the restroom for that final hour you must sit still with your hands on your knees. Our government declares this a success and a victory. HOW ABOUT ACTUALLY STOPPING THE TERRORISTS FROM GETTING ON THE PLANES!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO STOP THE BAD GUYS FROM GETTING ON A PLANE?
Screening grandmas, small children, yuppies and the businessman on his way home while letting the Middle Eastern man pass right on by because you’re afraid of political incorrectness just isn’t working. How many grandmas, small children, yuppies and businessmen have tried to hijack or blow up a plane? None! Hmmm, if we just had something to go by, something that all the terrorists had in common. What could it be? Oh yeah, they were all Middle Eastern males with radical ties to Islam but they can’t screen for that because it would be “profiling” which is just unacceptable. Do you realize how incompetent this makes us look? Meanwhile, get your grandma to the airport four hours early so they can take her walker apart and enjoy riding with your hands on your knees.
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