Glasgow Terrorists Worth A Good Laugh
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I’m of the opinion that the vast majority of terrorists are cowards and imbeciles, and we need not fear them. I know it doesn’t fit the administration’s talking points, but I happen to think that when I go about my daily business, I’m much more likely to die in a car crash than from a terrorist bomb. So I hope the government will forgive me for being more vigilant about watching my fellow drivers on 95 than watching for terrorist activity.
I’m also of the opinion that the correct response to failed terrorist plots is to laugh at their ineptitude and dare them to attack more. The madder they are, the more they’ll screw up.
Case in point — the UK car bombers. These guys were a joke. First, the two car bombs they parked in crowded places didn’t go off, and probably wouldn’t have caused much damage even if they did, because they reportedly forgot to pack the car with, you know, something that would actually explode. Some people might have gotten cut by flying glass which brings to mind that line from Die Hard: “Glass?? Who gives a [bleep] about glass?”
Next, the would-be jihadists decided to drive a flaming Jeep into Glasgow airport. Not only did they fail to kill anyone, they even failed to kill themselves, despite one of them being on fire. And once again, the car didn’t explode. I can imagine the terrorist masterminds watching the news, slapping their foreheads and saying, “Oy vey, we spent all this time infiltrating the infidel’s society for this? Who recruited these clowns?”
This is not to say that terrorism isn’t a real threat. But it’s only one threat of the many that we all face every day. (For example, I just recently learned from The History Channel’s The Universe that our planet could be incinerated by a gamma ray burst at any time.)
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