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Christine has it right. Without ak47's taking people out and suicide bombers blowing up our children, too many people refuse to believe it.

And I believe it's going to come to that.

Sooner rather than later.

And while I hold with W.C. that we are repeating the 30's I also believe we are repeating the 30's going into 1914.

Because when this war finally splits wide open, it is going to change the face and nature and horror of war, the way the First World War changed it. It went from cavalry attacks to gas attacks, armed men charging you to armor charging you.

Sooner or later one will surely slip through. What of Zazi's cohorts? Have they now gone deep underground to wait until things cool off? Or are they maybe ratcheting it up to pull off the attack(s) before they, too, are taken out of the game?

When -- not if -- when this next attack comes it will change everything the way 9/11 SHOULD have. But it will be exponentially worse eight years later.

No muslim will be safe. Nor will any American. It will be fighting and retribution on the streets of America. Neighbor on neighbor. From small arms fire to protect your neighborhood to homicide bombers at the local mall. Nationwide. Day after bloody day.

9/11 style fighting and killing at World War I ferocity and carnage. A complete shift in the way we perceive and fight war. And, deep in our subconscious many know it, which may be driving the guns and ammo sales.

And what will the President do? Apologize for our rude behaviour? Send in the troops to quell the fighting? Have American troops fire on Americans? Round up the jihadis (hell, he can't even get that right now).

But the longer it takes America to wake up to the threat, the worse it will be when it finally strikes.

Because, with the notable and venerable exception of our combat veterans, Americans do not truly know or understand war and warfare.

And they are going to have to quickly overcome their want of peace and learn to ruthlessly

kill

or be killed.

So right now I'm headed to the gun club for a bit.

Need some practice with a Springfield 1911 and Springfield '03.

That '03 is the biggest gun in my neighborhood. . .

from The Last Crusade h/t Michael Travis:

AMERICANS BECOME FEARFUL OF NEXT 9/11

Religion of Peace Causing New Jitters

Massive Terror Plots Revealed throughout Country

Armageddon Looms

by
thelastcrusade.org

The complacency has been shattered.

Americans now remain fearful that an attack by al Qaeda or another cancerous growth from the religion of peace will occur in the immediate future as multiple terror plots have been uncovered in cities throughout the country.

So reports national news outlets, including NBC and the Associated Press.

Federal officials have not said whether the cases are related, but they come during a week in which the federal Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin to police departments around the country warning that terrorists are seeking to blow up sports stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels. Authorities said no particular plot prompted the bulletin, citing only al-Qaeda’s longstanding desire to kill Americans in mass attacks.

In the meantime, seemingly unrelated cases around the nation have grabbed headlines:

In New York, federal officials have indicted a suspected leader of an al Qaeda terror cell with ties to Queens and Denver. Authorities say Najibullah Zazi had instructions and ingredients for making weapons of mass destruction and had been trained by al Qaeda officials in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In Dallas, the FBI arrested Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, a Jordanian, who allegedly tried to blow up a downtown office tower after vowing to wage violent jihad against the American people. The bomb, as it turns out, was a fake that had been supplied by undercover agent.

In Chicago, “Talib Islam,” a 29-year-old jihadi, parked a van full of what he thought were bombs in front of a federal building and tried to detonate it. As with the Dallas case, the bombs were duds that had been supplied by undercover agents as part of a sting operation.

In Philadelphia, transit officials saw two unidentified men snapping photographs of a subway line. The men fled after being questioned by workers. Police don’t know if the separate incidents have anything to do with terrorism, but are looking for the men to interview them.