UnderwearGate, etc.
[Guest post by DRJ]
The headline of Toby Harnden’s most recent article on the Christmas Day terrorism by Nigerian Uma Farouk Abdulmutallab onboard Northwest Flight 253:
and he knows it”
Harnden criticizes Obama and his Administration for, among other things, deciding to “play things down and take pot shots at the Bush administration” and for its pattern “of dismissing Islamist terrorist attacks as regrettable random acts.”
Harnden’s thoughts are very good, as are his very British assortment of names for Abdulmutallab’s attack: UnderwearGate, UnderpantsGate, and my personal favorite — the Nigerian Knicker Bomber.
— DRJ
Ear Leader is getting a melvin with this story, and well he should.
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 1/3/2010 @ 10:37 pmI am betting that the Obama Administration loosened triggers or security screens from where they were during the Bush Administration and that they are furiously spinning to avoid admitting it. We do not have a good explanation for why investigations into Major Nidal Hussein were dropped, the dots not connected on the crotch bomber, Obama’s continued refusal to admit what foe he is facing and mischaracterizations of the extremists as poor and uneducated. He wants to avoid giving the impression of profiling or stigmatizing muslims in word or deed and again, given the passage of time since 9/11, my guess is he ordered loosening of standards and that they want to bury that fact. When the first reaction is to blame the prior administration and look for worse events on their watch, you know you have piss poor leadership in place.
daleyrocks (718861) — 1/3/2010 @ 10:44 pmThese snippets from a piece written by columnist Charles Krauthammer say it all:
The guy currently in the White House truly is a fool.
Mark (411533) — 1/4/2010 @ 12:00 amImpeach.
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TC (0b9ca4) — 1/4/2010 @ 12:34 amAgain,
This is NOT a criticism of DRJ! Or Anyone and everyone who feels like her but the point I am trying to make is just this
bitching at Obama is only going to entrench him further away from doing the right thing. The stakes are high and I am selfish in this, my daughters are directly in harm way, my wife, my co-workers, my fellow Texans, children I coach and mentor are all flying monthly over Arabia.
mocking this bomber and our governments raction to it is food for recruitment and emboldens the minions of deepest hate that more attacks will divide Americas will even further.
Isnt it easy to see the damaga this is doing? Are we going to lose the capacity to even fly anymore?
we didnt appreciate what the democrats did to GWB – so why are we acting like them?
Fact – under GWB the bomber would have still made it on the airplane – there has been NO RELAXING of security
EricPWJohnson (9b7688) — 1/4/2010 @ 4:43 amThe worst incident of American history happened on Bush’s watch. Spin it any way you want, but that’s a fact that even the most vociferous Obama haters cannot deny.
mikeb302000 (6127bb) — 1/4/2010 @ 4:49 amMike
Really? even the fact that the terrorists were already here during the Clinton Administration and the Clinton administration cleared those terrorists into the country legally?
Really now?
See this is the problem, some groups are still trying to kill you and me and some want to use it for cheap political gain.
Its not like we’re actually killing babies to make political points – no wait a minute…..
EricPWJohnson (9b7688) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:02 am> my personal favorite — the Nigerian Knicker Bomber.
Not a Britishism of course, but I’m also partial to Fruit of the Boom.
OBloodyhell (e7eb07) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:18 ami heard mark steyn call him the knickerbomber first. and then he himself abandoned it for pantybomber.
personally i have started to warm to “neuterbomber.”
Or you could call him the Darwin-award bomber.
A.W. (e7d72e) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:29 amYeah
Its just down right hilarious watching the Lockerbie famlies morn their loved ones and seeing the young soldiers trying on new prosthetics
Its just so DAMN FUNNY watching Arab families trying to piece together their children after a school bombing so they can bury them within sundown as tradition dictated
Suicide bombers are just SO DAMN FUNNY!!!!!!
Whoo hooooo!!!!!
So funny – I’m just splitting my sides – hopefully
EricPWJohnson (9b7688) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:30 am> The worst incident of American history happened on Bush’s watch. Spin it any way you want, but that’s a fact that even the most vociferous Obama haters cannot deny.
True. It did HAPPEN. The majority of the events leading up to it, however, as Eric notes, were set up as a result of Clinton policies which Bush, with a souring economic situation on his hand, did not get around to analyzing and fixing.
And rest assured — in the unlikely event that Obama gets re-elected, there will be a far, far more significant event on US or Israeli soil — and it will also fall to the next admin if, as is far more likely, Obama get put to pasture after a very long three more years. I expect, barring a revolution in Iran, a nuke will be exploded in NYC, DC, or Tel Aviv within the next 6 years.
And it will be Obama’s fault, regardless of who is “in charge”.
P.S., you, as most residents of Libtardia, project your own rabid partisan hatreds onto the other side. While there are those who do hate Obama as passionately as the Left hated Bush, they hardly represent the mainstream of right/conservative/libertarian views.
We don’t hate Obama — we hate the blatantly obvious policy errors he continually and relentlessly makes because he’s like the rest of you libtards — a self-absorbed, immature, and foolish individual, who cannot learn from mistakes, cannot grasp that evil really does exist, and cannot grasp that decisions don’t occur in a vacuum — one must choose between an array of available alternatives, not the simplistic and childish “Don’t do ‘x'” — ‘x’ may be the best of a bad set of choices.
Hating the policies and actions are not the same thing as hating the man.
So referring to most of the people around here as “Obamahaters” is nothing but a lame ad hominem mental excuse on your part to write off anything you encounter which you don’t like. It doesn’t fool us in the least. We see it for what it is, a cheap write-off on your part which serves the sole purpose of defending your mental constructs against an ever increasng onslaught of real information which leads to one inescapable consclusion: Obama is incompetent, has always been incompetent, and had no business even being considered for the job.
Go on keep your head in the sand. You can go ahead, and, when the mushroom cloud rises over NYC, DC, or Tel Aviv, perhaps only your ass will get singed.
Me? I wish we could collect all you people who got in the way of stopping it from happening could be planted at Ground Zero. Wouldn’t do squat to fix the problem itself, but it sure would do wonders for the aftermath.
OBloodyhell (e7eb07) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:37 amIf he bothered to show an inkling of a clue, not use dodgy phrases, like ‘isolated extremists’ suspend the transfers of Gitmo detainees back to Yemen and Saudi which is like an executive recruitment canvassing for groups like AQ in the AP,then some slack would be given, but not before.It’s imminently ‘black humor’ that is being engaged in, hence the reference to Woody Allen when he was funny
bishop (cd6b99) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:53 amI like Mark Steyn calling it the Panty Bomber.
For a President we have a Dithering Idiot and for a VP we have a Blithering Idiot. Other Democrap leaders are just that, CRAP!!!
Do not turn down the heat on either the Dithering Idiot or any Democrat. Democrats have to wake up and replace their idiots with adults who don’t wear tinfoil hats.
PCD (1d8b6d) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:58 amSpoldey dope. It’s an oldie but a goodie.
Subotai (c67993) — 1/4/2010 @ 6:28 amThe little president man likes the idea that our little country faces unsolvable problems.
He likes that idea a lot.
happyfeet (e9e587) — 1/4/2010 @ 6:30 amThat’s very well and good, but he has this habit of ‘enbiggening’ the problem, he has encountered I know that is a ‘perfectly cromulent’ word
bishop (cd6b99) — 1/4/2010 @ 6:44 amEricPWJohnson — 1/4/2010 @ 4:43 am – “Fact – under GWB the bomber would have still made it on the airplane – there has been NO RELAXING of security” – would you care to share with the rest of us on what you base your alleged “Fact”, please ?
From where I sit, I see someone in the current position of POTUS who was elected based upon the BDS vote … I don’t see Obama as being Presidential, sadly, in *any* way, yet … (and I ‘t tend to like using absolutes in discussions) …
As for the “black humour”, “black humour” is a common coping mechanism used to be able to look at very painful things sorta-sidewise rather than directly head-on – thus keeping out of denial while not having to feel the very painful thing directly over and over again …
My own thoughts about the NappyBomber are that he went to the munkar Al Qaeda for training, and was asked what he wanted to do to help the munkar Al Qaeda , and the munkar Al Qaeda folk responded “Depends” … and the rest is history …
(with a hat-tip and/or apologies to whomever invented the Bob Dole joke (during Dole’s run for the Presidency back in the 1996 Presidential Election))
Alasdair (a7420c) — 1/4/2010 @ 6:50 amMike
> The worst incident of American history happened on Bush’s watch. Spin it any way you want, but that’s a fact that even the most vociferous Obama haters cannot deny.
Agreed. And I think it is fair to say that for 8 months bush didn’t take terrorism seriously enough. I think that is an absolutely fair criticism. Frankly no president took terrorism seriously enough arguably since Nixon.
Bush learned from that error and proceeded to kick ass. And kept us safe for the remainder of his term.
Obama, meanwhile, apparently did not learn from Bush’s mistakes and let a man who was banned from traveling to the UK, who was being followed by the CIA, whose own father had reported him to be dangerous, get on a plane when with actionable intelligence that someone was going to try to blow up a plane making that exact route on Christmas. There is no spinning that. The government fucked up, and Obama is responsible for it.
Now if this ends up being the shot across the bow that wakes obama up and makes him fix his errors, great. but something tells me that is not in the cards.
A.W. (b1db52) — 1/4/2010 @ 6:51 amMy favorite Warner Bros cartoon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT3hRIh_uFo Safe for work forty years ago.
nk (df76d4) — 1/4/2010 @ 7:35 amAs has often been the case over the past year, we have to read British sources to actually find out what the hell’s been going on in the WH these days. Syncophatic bootlicking quislings would be too faint a description of our MSM right now.
Dmac (a964d5) — 1/4/2010 @ 8:12 amAlasdair
Please point to the memo that lessened security procedures – the same procedures have been in effect includiing more detailed passenger identification and mandatory bag searchs on middle east flights to the USA.
I’m not defending Obama, just the country, we as a country are under attack, falsely accusing the president of being lax on terrorists and “allowing” this incident is paramount to giving the enemy aide and comfort. There are millions of loyal americans who just hapen to be democrats everywhere – the very idea that they would drink some imagined koolaid of liberal self destruction needs to stop and cheapens the cause of conservatives.
Obama is not the best person for the job – but for the next few years – he’s the only person for the job and alittle support would prehaps go little farther than people calling for his impeachment
just sayin
EricPWJohnson (9b7688) — 1/4/2010 @ 8:23 amHe is still my president, that’s why it is increasing dissapointing that he refuses to learn from evidence, we would like to support him, but not if his policies are contrary to common sense.
bishop (cd6b99) — 1/4/2010 @ 8:33 amI’m not defending Obama
Of course you are, and you’re not doing a good job, either.
this incident is paramount to giving the enemy aide and comfort.
The words you want are “tantamount” and “aid.”
Obama is not the best person for the job
Did he get his job through affirmative action?
Official Internet Data Office (0247d7) — 1/4/2010 @ 9:19 amThat was good, nk. A lot of people too young to remember the very old Western Airlines commercials wouldn’t get the “this is the only way to fly” gag.
Some chump (d97978) — 1/4/2010 @ 9:38 amEar Leader got the j*b through, among other things, voter fraud and illegal campaign donations, not to mention willful mendacity and collusion on the part of the MFM….
and no, he’s not *my* president: he’s just the jumped up,tin horn, would be third world dictator scumbag in office that is deliberately trying to destroy my country.
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 1/4/2010 @ 9:45 amComment by Some chump — 1/4/2010 @ 9:38 am
There’s something allegorical about it too, I find. On a lot of levels. Political correctness to start with, and our enemies hating us for our history, and thinking us weak for not taking them as seriously as they want to be taken … until we blow them away.
nk (df76d4) — 1/4/2010 @ 9:54 amFirst they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.
I was pretty quiet during the Clinton years… I’m older now.
“The stakes are high and I am selfish in this, my daughters are directly in harm way, my wife, my co-workers, my fellow Texans, children I coach and mentor are all flying monthly over Arabia.”
I really do understand your concerns for the safety of all the above. Have them find a boat and come home and stay here. I have no envy for your position, unless they are all military then they have a choice to be flying over a war zone or not. I respect their choices.
back to the grinder
There are various meanings ascribed to the monkeys and the proverb including associations with being of good mind, speech and action. In the western world the phrase is often used to refer to those who deal with impropriety by looking the other way, refusing to acknowledge it, or feigning ignorance.
TC (0b9ca4) — 1/4/2010 @ 9:55 amlook, however big an F— up Obama is, however little i wanted him to be president, however strongly i oppose his radical agenda, he is still my president. and i do wish him well.
That is precisely why i criticize. because obama needs to see how serious this all is, how badly he f—ed up. yeah, i am sure he will never read this, but its my duty as an american to speak the truth.
As for Eric’s points, i don’t believe bush had nearly as many red flags for richard reid.
A.W. (e7d72e) — 1/4/2010 @ 9:57 amPlease point to the memo that lessened security procedures
I think you know that what he’s intimating will not be found in an “official” document, but more in the overall attitude of this administration towards the external (and internal) threats facing our country. When you’re involved in the security of the US and you observe terrorists being allowed to lawyer up immediately and afforded rights only accorded previously to US citizens, what does that tell you regarding your leader’s seriousness on this issue?
It all starts from the top down, every time. Napolitano was appointed by Obama, as was Brennan. These vitally important security functions are being headed by deeply unserious people, period.
Dmac (a964d5) — 1/4/2010 @ 10:00 amThe President can be weak but the Presidency can still be strong. It’s not only that Obama is weak, he has surrounded himself with weaklings, fit only to type sound bites for his teleprompter, and his Presidency is weak.
nk (df76d4) — 1/4/2010 @ 10:01 amWe found out about Reid’s Al Queda connections, throught the Finsbury Park Mosque link to Moussaoui, some time after incident, Napolitano’s actions were not surprisng considering her statement about the AQ menace from Canada, the DHS report fingering returning vets, and pro lifers, it’s almost beyond satire.
bishop (cd6b99) — 1/4/2010 @ 10:05 am> Please point to the memo that lessened security procedures
Well, there is the one when Obama said that we would not use coercive interrogation methods to gain information. That seems to be a lessened procedure that led to lessened security.
i don’t recall if he put it in a memo or not, but its certainly policy.
And then there was the thing with threatening people who “tortured” for bush with prosecution.
And then there was the thing with treating terrorists like criminals instead of their proper designation: war criminals.
And even in this immediate instance, Obama’s people told the knickerbomber he had a right to remain silent and have respected that. So they aren’t even subjecting him to continuous barney the purple dinosaur recordings. Nope, they are just letting in sit in his cell, to the extent he can sit at all, in silence. there are even rumors we might cut a deal with him to get the names of other “suspects.” That seems to lessen our security.
A.W. (b1db52) — 1/4/2010 @ 10:09 amEricPWJohnson — 1/4/2010 @ 8:23 am – I’m not the one crying “Fact …” – I’m simply asking *you* to back up your assertion of fact with some corroboration, hopefully more reliable than TPM or the like …
Your whole “Alasdair Please point to the memo that lessened security procedures” is one of the preferred distractions/diversions at such sites …
So –
“Fact – under GWB the bomber would have still made it on the airplane – there has been NO RELAXING of security” – would you care to share with the rest of us on what you base your alleged “Fact”, please ?
Alasdair (b607e6) — 1/4/2010 @ 10:19 am#7 — Comment by mikeb302000 — 1/4/2010 @ 4:49 am
The worst incident of American history happened on Bush’s watch. Spin it any way you want, but that’s a fact that even the most vociferous Obama haters cannot deny.
Right, good thinking mikeb302000, I feel so much better now. The country be dammed, but at least President Obama is okay. (maybe Mike I should have said “country be g-dammed” as I suspect you like that better – it didn’t bother you the first time).
So, that means President Obama should be allowed to commit the same errors — free of criticism or complaint. And if a Republican President should succeed him, then that person should also be given a free pass if these same types of mistakes are made.
The country does not matter, the party does. Pure leftist genius!
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Although 9/11 was not the worse incident of American history, it was a terrible and horrific day that did occur on former President Bush’s watch.
As a result, he recognized the enemy, sought them out, and attacked them (name it, find it, kill it — apologies for repeating).
On the other hand, President Obama has reversed course, refusing to name the enemy and denying there is a war. Instead, he seeks to repeat the mistakes of the past (pre 9/11). He is attempting to reinvent the wheel and has come-up with a square.
Al Qaeda is not intent on generating a crime wave, they are committed to fighting a war and destroying anything not in their image (for a taste, here is an example of our enemy’s sense of justice and how they intend to run things **warning — images quite disturbing, Afghanistan prior to 9/11, no sound **).
The President is unwittingly supporting al Qaeda. He has emboldened them. They see a weak President (ie troop movement delays) — one who is uncommitted (ie arbitrary withdrawal dates) and whom they can bend to their will (ie closing of Gitmo). They see an American leadership that is prosecuting American intelligence agents and troops. They see incompetence throughout the administration when measured against national security and warfare. They see opportunities.
From the viewpoint of al Qaeda, they are sensing victory.
This is what President Obama has failed to understand.
As for what currently serves as the President’s strategy: blame the previous administration and divide the country (the latter is working quite well). He has nothing and therefore needs to resign for the good of the country.
Pons asinorum (a34731) — 1/4/2010 @ 10:45 am“The President can be weak but the Presidency can still be strong. It’s not only that Obama is weak, he has surrounded himself with weaklings, fit only to type sound bites for his teleprompter, and his Presidency is weak.”
How true. In addition, the folks in the current administration (from top to bottom) hold the common view that America – and its past policies – are the reason Fundamentalist Islam is on the attack. In their view, America must unclench its fist and show a more benevolent face to the Islamic world. And the act of turning the other cheek is one that must be repeated to allow the terrorists time to come to their senses.
GeneralMalaise (68a574) — 1/4/2010 @ 10:45 ampons
to be fair, obama does say we are in a war on terror. i have heard him say it. but his words are, well, just words. not even particularly pretty ones.
i mean as one wag pointed out, he said he won’t rest until the people responsible are caught, and then went golfing. its blarney.
A.W. (e7d72e) — 1/4/2010 @ 11:05 amWalter Mead has an essay over at Foreign Policy on the conflicted worldview the Administration has:
Mead is perhaps being too generous to the Administration, Obama gave foreign policy no deep thought prior to his election, and there is no factoring in of his Marxist filled upbringing, which could be filed as mutations of the Wilsonian and Jeffersonian worldview.
LarryD (feb78b) — 1/4/2010 @ 11:32 amHow about the (League of Disaster Engineers) “LoDE in the pants” bomber.
Neo (7830e6) — 1/4/2010 @ 11:36 ampulled in opposing directions by two of the major schools of thought that have guided American foreign-policy debates since colonial times.
This where “leadership” is supposed to cut in
Neo (7830e6) — 1/4/2010 @ 11:38 am@37 — Comment by A.W. — 1/4/2010 @ 11:05 am
pons
to be fair, obama does say we are in a war on terror.
Thanks A.W., I did not know that — I stand corrected.
Pons asinorum (a34731) — 1/4/2010 @ 11:40 amI like the knicker bomber. funny!
Patterico–hey man–DE-LINK LGF–why link to a guy whose minions and the Liz himself is trashing you? Dump the jerks.
katemaclaren (fb058e) — 1/4/2010 @ 11:47 amWE are vulnerable on terror. Neither our President, nor any in the leadership have the right idea on how to deal with this. We can spend all the money we want on newer, better equipment; brighter, more thorough screeners; robust processes and procedures – but we are only adding layers and filters.
Corwin (ea9428) — 1/4/2010 @ 11:56 amI am not advocating a halt to these, only recognizing the limitations in them.
We must go after the terrorists and any that support them:
1. We will hunt to kill any terrorist, anywhere.
2. We will aid any government willing to help.
3. We will no longer ask for permission to cross a border to hunt a terrorist, anywhere.
4. We will stay out of any country where terrorists are actively being targeted by that government; as long as results are being achieved.
5. We will recognize that collateral damage may occur – so those living among or near terrorists have been served notice.
6. We may assist those injured inadvertently – but don’t count on it; you’ve been notified.
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Even bush wasn’t that clear minded. So file that under “policies i wish we would follow.”
A.W. (e7d72e) — 1/4/2010 @ 12:19 pmI’m not defending Obama, just the country, we as a country are under attack, falsely accusing the president of being lax on terrorists
He’s planning on releasing dozens of terrorists from GITMO and sending them to Yemen. If that’s not being lax on terrorists then there is no such thing.
Gerald A (da888e) — 1/4/2010 @ 1:37 pmThose looking for the screening procedure at the airport that would have stopped this guy, either under Bush or Obama, are missing the point. He should have had his visa revoked by the state department. We cannot rely on physical searches to stop every form of attack, but we can certainly prohibit our enemies from getting on a US airline and traveling to the USA. And this guy was a known enemy.
Anon Y. Mous (5ac901) — 1/4/2010 @ 3:34 pmThe chief difference between our airport/airline security and that of the Israelis is that the Israelis are looking for terrorists.
GeneralMalaise (68a574) — 1/4/2010 @ 5:00 pmMy favorite name for the Nigerian is the EunuchBomber.
Although it is not clear that he is fully qualified as a Darwin Award nominee. Perhaps a (dis)honorable mention.
GaryC (4ff715) — 1/4/2010 @ 6:32 pmFrankly, I like ‘The Pantybomber’.
Cheers,
James from Melbourne, OZ.
James from Melbourne OZ (0c93cb) — 1/4/2010 @ 6:59 pmI wonder: for some really hot Arab babes, do these things come in thong models?
The inquisitive Dana (3e4784) — 1/5/2010 @ 6:00 amThere’s a Fredederick’s of Hollywood in Riyadh. Married Muslim women, at least, are allowed to wear anything they want inside their home. Under the burkha, too, outside the home, I presume.
nk (df76d4) — 1/5/2010 @ 6:18 amthe Nigerian Knicker Bomber.
– DRJ
The Emperor (22bda5) — 1/5/2010 @ 9:19 amNow that’s a real laugh. LOL!! 🙂
So, for these delightful Saudi ladies with their explosive thongs, it would be appropriate to say, “She da bomb!
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Comment by nk ”
No, they aren’t allowed to wear anything they want in their home. They are required to wear anything their owner (husband) wants. They are not people and they don’t have rights. They are possessions.
Dustin (b54cdc) — 1/5/2010 @ 2:34 pmDo you become permanently ineligible for your 72 virgins if you become a laughingstock?
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Airport Insecurity & Terrorism… Michelle Malkin on Team Obama’s Intel Failures, Club Gitmo, Yemen Terrorist Camp, & Body Scanners (video) « Frugal Café Blog Zone (a66042) — 1/7/2010 @ 4:45 pm[…] and potentially the deadliest of Obama’s screw ups so far? Patterico’s Pontifications: UnderwearGate, etc. and Abdumutallab: A Test Case in Civilian vs Military Detention and We Have a Problem, Houston … […]
Terrorist Attack Practice Run: Two Muslims Arrested on Chicago-to-Amsterdam United Airlines Flight for “Preparation of a Terrorist Attack” (video) « Frugal Café Blog Zone (a66042) — 8/31/2010 @ 8:51 am