When jihad-bent American Muslims target American soldiers on American soil, why does America yawn?
The Fort Hood massacre has faded from view. The Little Rock Army–recruiting station ambush barely registered on the national radar screen. And the arrest this week of a Baltimore-area bomb plotter, intent on blowing up a military center and murdering our troops in the name of Allah, was met with a collective shrug. It’s pointless to rally citizens around “never forget” when their heads are in the sand.
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Civil-liberties absolutists are more outraged by the alleged “entrapment” of Muslim convert Muhammad Hussain than by his bloodthirsty scheme to blow up an Army recruitment office in Maryland. According to the FBI affidavit, Hussain “indicated that if the military continued to kill their Muslim brothers and sisters, they would need to expand their operation by killing U.S. Army personnel where they live. He stated that jihad is not only in Afghanistan or Pakistan, but also in the United States.” Hussain explored using rifles, gas, propane tanks, and vehicle bombs to maximize death. He planned to “shoot everybody in the place” and burn down the building to “instill fear” and to send a message that “whoever joins the military, they will be killed.”
In tape-recorded undercover conversations, Hussain praised Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan — even though he “only killed 13 soldiers” (and one unborn baby). The admiring Hussain had far more ambitious designs. He planned to “blow one recruiting center up . . . then we hit another . . . and just keep it movin’. . . . Insha’ Allah. . . . Insha’ Allah. . . . Do it for jihad.”
Next, Hussain told informants, he would take on Andrews Air Force Base, blow it up, and then take over the homes of military personnel. Hussain wasn’t bluffing. He followed through with his plot and was arrested in an FBI sting on December 8 outside the Army center. Hussain had attempted to detonate what he thought was an explosive device parked where soldiers had gathered deliberately.
If Hussain’s targets had been abortion clinics, we’d hear no end of denunciations of the hatred and intimidation. Indeed, when Little Rock jihadist Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad was arrested in June 2009 for the murder of Army private William A. Long, 23, and the shooting of Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, it took three days for the White House to issue a limp, politically correct statement expressing “sadness” over the attacks, which President Obama opaquely described as a “senseless act of violence” (instead of the intentional systematic act of Islamic terrorism that it was). In the same week, the Obama administration issued an immediate condemnation and statement of “outrage” over the shooting death of late-term abortionist George Tiller.
Some enemies get Obama a little more “wee-wee’d up” — to borrow his phrase — than do others.
How many more arrests of U.S. military-hating Muhammads will it take for “sadness” to evolve into genuine indignation? The latest Baltimore plot comes as the Beltway area remains under alert for an unknown shooter targeting recruitment stations and other military targets. Over the past two months, the D.C.–area Marine Corps Museum, the Pentagon, a vacant Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va., and a Coast Guard recruiting station in Woodbridge, Va., have all taken shots from a high-powered rifle linked by ballistics tests. The feds say the arrest of the Baltimore jihadist is not related to these still-unsolved acts of terror.
Our soldiers, God bless them, carry on without protests or grievance-mongering because that’s just how they roll. But it’s a damned shame more Americans can’t muster as much anger over troop-targeting “Allahu Akbars!” as they do over “Dancing with the Stars.”
We are fighting radical Islam with lawyers eyeing every action of our troops, a President apologizing to the "offended" Muslim world, a sharia-promoting imam building shrine to 19 hijackers at Ground Zero, and Islamists (CAIR et al) controlling the media and politcal influence for American Muslims. This is not the path to victory.
Thanks Michelle. Recruiters are sitting ducks. I know, I was one. And why the silence about this? Just once I'd like to hear a major news outlet call it what it is: an islamic threat. Not a man-caused or senseless act of violence but another premeditated attempt to inflict violence against America perpetrated by a radicalized muslim. CNN, MSNBC, DOJ (and FOX!) embrace your icon John Lennon's words and Gimme Some Truth!
No one is blinder than he who will not see.
What a refreshing article - well said. It is beyond comprehension how "we" continue to tolerate the loss of lives and seemingly take little action if any. It makes you wonder if there is a hidden agenda?? Suppose Americans went to Islamic countries and commited terrorist acts-there would be no trials or tolerance - that's for ceratin. "We" need to stop being so afraid of stepping on some poor Islamic toes, the religion and/or culture doesn't matter. The fact is they are terrorits and are a valid threat to our country and it's people. Why is that so hard to understand?!?! Stop being so darn soft and protect the people who make this country strong and risk their lives to keep it and us safe!!!
Michelle, we need to demand that the muslim leadership denounce these terrorist acts. The Muslim Church actually sponsors and encourages the suicide bombers, who mistakenly believe that they will go to heaven if they kill innocent people. Muslim theology must redefine itself. One way that this will happen naturally is if Muslim profiling is employed by our security agents. The innocent muslims (and there are many of them I am sure) should be encouraged to put pressure on the church leaders to condemn the violence. So far, I have not heard one report of Muslim criticism, and I only hear of Muslim demands for "self pat-downs" of Muslim women at airports, to protect their modesty, and Napolitano "working with them to develop acceptable practice" leaving everyone else vulnerable. The Muslim leadership must be forced, by their church followers, to change the jihad message. Thanks, B
It is refreshing to see that people still believe in their military and care about what happens to us. I feel that these incidents are swept under the rug to keep from worrying the American people. The government is so worried about babying certain groups trying not to invade any rights. Meanwhile, others rights are stepped on. This Counrty needs to get back to its roots, and tell people where to stick it.
Also, citizens need to quit worrying about the Soldiers in the Military. This is a volunteer force and we know up front what we are signing up for. If we were worried about what was going on, our enlistment would not be at an all-time high.
I appreciate the sentiment, and am sad I had not heard about anything in Little Rock, but isn't it also possible that these aren't so newsworthy because they happen fairly regularly, and even more importantly, people expect them to happen. I don't think anybody is shocked anymore by "Muslim terrorist," even on domestic soil. That's just human nature, which the media feed off of - how many articles do I need to read about Muslim terrorists - okay there's terrorists, the different police and military wings are taking care of business... I think there should have been more outcry about Fort Hood than anything else, where the military did nothing, but that was in the news more than these other incidents, as well.
When Fort Hood massacre occurred and the base commander said the thing he was most concerned about was anti muslim reaction and nothing happened I was stunned. Where is the outrage? Where are the families of the dead marching in the streets for the head of this fool? If they don't care why should I. I can't make up for their lack of interest.
