An official briefed on the attack on a Detroit airliner said Saturday the U.S. has known for at least two years that the suspect in the attack could have terrorist ties.
The official told The Associated Press that the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, has been on a list that includes people with known or suspected contact or ties to a terrorist or terrorist organization. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Don't even try to tell me that this should have tipped us off to the man. Good grief, some people still speak of how Major Hasan (the Fort Hood shooter) had every right to contact that jihadi imam, Anwar al-Aulaqi.
Can you imagine the CAIR response if the bomber had been detained and questioned in the days before he boarded the flight? I'm sure that too many would have then claimed we "caused" him to become a terrorist because he was "profiled" and harassed.
Look, I'm not saying we profile based on religion or name. Profiling on behavior is more effective. But as long as any attention paid to a Moslem passenger--however much it is based on behavior--is portrayed by CAIR and their ilk as "anti-Islamic" (and as long as our elites are too quick to agree with that portrayal), attackers will penetrate our defenses.
If you ask me, it is "anti-Islamic" to make it easier for jihadis to attack our people.The Middle America "backlash" against Moslems may be a myth, but non-Moslem people will grow more suspsicious of Moslems in general every time somebody claims to kill in the name of Allah.
Who's more anti-Islamic? The people trying to make it easier for jihadis to kill in the name of Islam? Or the people trying to stop the jihadis from killing us in the name of Islam?
UPDATE: One of the people trying to stop the jihadis was the terrorist's father:
U.S. government officials tell The Associated Press that the Nigerian man charged with trying to destroy a jetliner came to the attention of U.S. intelligence in November when his father went to the U.S. embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, to express his concerns about his son.
If you believe Moslems--rather than the jihadis and their cheerleaders--are our enemy, contemplate the courage and heartbreak that a Moslem father would have in order to warn us that his own son is dangerous.
