{"id":35128,"date":"2013-04-16T07:40:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T11:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35128"},"modified":"2013-04-16T09:46:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T13:46:30","slug":"an-ill-timed-la-times-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35128","title":{"rendered":"An ill-timed LA Times article"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, we’re not sure if it was al-Qaeda who influenced the attack in Boston yesterday, but I can’t think of a more ill-timed article than this one in the LA Times<\/a> announcing that because of the “decimation” of al Qaeda, we should be shifting our focus of the war against terror;<\/p>\n

\"Ill-timed<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

As Al Qaeda recedes as a direct threat, the CIA and special military forces appear to have throttled back on targeted killings. They have launched 16 drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen this year, according to the Long War Journal, which tracks reports of the attacks. That pace is much slower than in 2012, which saw 88 strikes over the course of the year.<\/p>\n

The Obama administration also has begun bringing accused terrorists into civilian courts, rather than before military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay. In March, it brought three terrorism suspects into New York courtrooms after they were captured overseas.<\/p>\n

“There’s clear recognition, from the White House on down, that as we wind down these wars we need to address the hard question of what does a sustainable counter-terrorism policy look like for the next phase,” said Shawn Brimley, who left the White House last year as director for strategic planning on the National Security Council.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In my humble opinion, the attack yesterday was indeed a terrorist attack of the jihadist type. I find it hard to believe that any Right wing extremists would use a Claymore mine-type bomb. I find it difficult to believe that the bombing was anything besides a jihadist attack, given the number of attempts they’ve made in the last few years. I may be wrong, but I don’t get that feeling. Bombing unprotected Americans with the intent to inflict massive casualties is not the usual right wing target – they seem to target things that represent their nemesis, like government offices and buildings and the Holocaust Museum, not simply people, whereas, jihadists want to kill people and create havoc.<\/p>\n

I just find it hard to believe that this was anything besides a jihadist attack. It was inevitable that they were going to finally get one right. And the LA Times was naive to buy the government’s line that al Qaeda was almost dead. That’s probably why the terrorists were finally successful. Someone had to see the terrorist plant his bombs, but we’ve been conditioned to believe that the terror war is part of our past, we’ve become complacent. And we’ve been taught that reporting an Arabic person for suspicious activity is racist, so we ignore things about which we should be alert.<\/p>\n

I don’t have anymore information than you have, but, maybe because I spent the 80s in Germany, I’m just a bit more sensitive about these terrorist things and it makes me uncomfortable that Americans are more complacent than they should be. <\/p>\n

For more on the Boston Marathon bombing, read what our buddy Kit wrote at the Victory Girls<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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