What's newsworthy about this story? Not that jihadists are plotting to attack the Vatican or martyr the Pope, but that the Italians actually managed to thwart this sortie:
The arrests of ten people in Italy Friday linked to an al-Qaeda plot to attack the Vatican and other cities represented a widening of the battle Islamic jihadists are waging against Christians around the world, terrorism experts said.
"What disturbs me is the target, the Vatican," intelligence analyst Bob Baer told CNN. "We're seeing a radicalization of Islam that I haven't seen before.
Really, Bret? Because I seem to remember the Islamic State declaring its intention to "conquer Rome" and "take the fight to the land of the Cross" not all that long ago. And its parent, al Qaeda, has been around and plotting for a lot longer than ISIS has.
And please tell us just exactly how the jihadist enemy has gotten "more radical"? It seems to me that what is happening is that they are advancing and winning as we continue to retreat. Hence my astonishment that this particular plot was stopped, or at least halted for now.
"The Vatican is not a participant in any of the wars in the Middle East. There's no justification that we can understand why they're at war with the Vatican."
Well, Bob, there is the Qu'ran. That's all the justification they need. If you were actually the "terrorism expert" you're billed as, you'd already know that.
Noting the recent beheadings of twenty one Egyptian Christians by Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists in Libya, Baer told Wolf Blitzer, "things seem to be getting worse rather than better."
Finally, Mr. Baer gets something right. Now let's see if he can connect the dots.
Fortunately, Senator Risch appears to be less deliberately clueless:
Idaho Senator James Risch, the Republican chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Blitzer earlier that the arrests of the Pakistanis and Afghans in early morning raids by Italian authorities "shouldn't surprise anyone. We're probably going to see more of this in the future."
Not probably, Senator; definitely.
Based on the jihadist propaganda on the Internet, "it's both Christians and the Jewish populations they are targeting," Risch said.
i.e. "The people of The Book".
"There is good reason to believe that these radicals ... will continue to target Christian people.
"They're going to continue to do it," the senator said.
Until they conquer the entire planet and the Jews and "Crusaders" are all converted or dead.
Kyle Reece said it best:
We can fight them and live, or we can pretend they don't exist - or dhimmize ourselves, try to ally with them, either leads to the same end - and die. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Unfortunately, that's not the choice We, The People keep voting for. Which is why the enemy keeps advancing and winning, and we keep dying.
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