No, what he’s saying is, “The only chance we have to protect ourselves from illegal immigration is to have a million people get killed by terrorists.” The logic of that is self-evident, surely?
Or else elected to the European Parliament . . .
Since I am typing this from a desk in Cincinnati right now, yes, yes I would. Please use Cleveland and/or Pittsburgh from now on.
It’s just the continual creep of reality catching up with Robert Anton Wilson & Robert Shea’s paranioa parody, Illuminatus! (1972):
This is attractive toa fella like that: “Our only hope [for people to allow us to do our way], is…”
Hey! What’d we ever do to you?
And please don’t use Cleveland. I’d have to drive further to buy wine from Trader Joe’s (do NOT get me started on the idiocy that is Pennsylvania liquor laws) if anything happened to Cleveland, and I wouldn’t like that.
Well, if nothing else, it ought to leave more room for the illegals, right?
ETA: Fine, I won’t use any city in the Midwest- I’ll amend it to Newark.
The guy (Scheuer) is a former CIA operative, so he may know some stuff. The book mentioned in the OP is actually a pretty decent read. Don’t know where he gets off thinking that another massive terrorist attack is “just the thing we need”, though. That’s pretty batty.
Not even the BNP are that crazy.
I’d like to offer up Bakersfield as a target we can all agree on.
He was tasked only with finding Osama bin Laden for eight years. A CIA operative he may have been, but apparently he wasn’t a very competent one.
What city does Michael or Glenn live in? That could at least help a little.
Two words: Pittsburgh Steelers.
Okay, I’m going to have to admit that I am a rabid Bengals fan, and I have NFL franchise envy.
Can we settle for a smaller terrorist strike that just takes out the Steelers?
I plan to move from Cincinnati a little later this year. After that, it’s fair game. Fucking chili-eaters.
(Just kidding, of course. Cincinnati is a great town.)
Maybe we can have a targeted attack only taking out the Skyline and Gold Star chili parlors?
That stuff is a WMD right there.
I assume you mean a Weapon of Mass Deliciousness.
Can we take out Gary, Indiana? I mean, whatever the terrorists do to it can’t possibly make the smell any worse.
Scheuer’s an interesting character. I’ve been to a couple of his lectures and even had the opportunity to talk to him in-person following the release of Through Our Enemies’ Eyes. He really does know his stuff.
It’s just too bad he’s a sociopath.
Well, it “worked” in that we tightened up airport security, and I don’t think another 9/11 could happen now. The thing is, I’m not entirely sure that Scheuer is wrong. If there were some sort of catastrophic terrorist attack that came from smuggling a nuclear bomb, say, over the border, America’s borders would be sealed so tightly, nobody could get in.
Of course he’s right – except in his assumptions that that would be (1) a good thing and (2) worth the price in carnage.
This is clearly the new Republican logic. The only way to prevent a terrorist attack is to have one. The only way to show you’re not a quitter is to quit. Is there anyone left in that party with an IQ higher than a Twinkie?