Terror Alerts: Damned If You Do... [View All]

So, my girlfriend was at Heathrow today about to get on her United flight to San Francisco. A flight that I would not be surprised would have been targeted in this plot (on another day most likely) - She eventually got on the flight and is on her way safely. Anyway, having somebody I love get this close to a terror plot has kind of shaken me up.

First of all, it pisses me off that so many people are quick to dismiss this as 'made up' or whatever. As if there AREN'T a shitload of muslim fundies out there plotting new ways to do what I see is basically vandalism with as much loss of life as possible.

Anyway, it's one of those things that makes me wonder if we here on DU are really just as bad as the freeps. Today, with this news, people have used it to indict Bush / Blair - and claiming conspiracies related to a CT senate primary. It's fucking pathetic, i'm sorry. We have so many reasons to believe that this gang will lie and exaggerate when given the opportunity, but to stretch it into the realm of world-wide conspiracies of thousands of people in response to some vague political shift is ridiculous.

Anyway, what really bugs me is that what if NOTHING had been done and planes started blowing up? The same conspiracy theorists would be jumping up and down pointing to how they "LET IT HAPPEN ON PURPOSE" or whatever. I mean, how in the hell can the govt. win at this point?

Ugh, sorry just venting - When I think about it, I really DO hate Bush and how he has so damaged the fucking credibility of the government that many people are unwilling to believe even the simplest of explanations. He definitely has earned that stigma. At the same time, I think there's a line at which our suspicion turns into bizarre paranoia.

Can you despise Bush AND the fucking Muslim fundie nuts at the same time?