Posted on 06/30/2007 3:03:00 PM PDT by jdm
U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of a possible terror attack in Glasgow against "airport infrastructure or aircraft," a senior US law enforcement officials tells the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
The intelligence reports also warned that airports and aircraft in the Czech Republic could be the targets of al Qaeda-connected terrorists.
The warnings were kept secret for operational reasons, according to officials. In public, the White House and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff have continued to maintain they know of no specific or credible threats involving the United States, even though the intelligence reports specify US aircraft as possible targets.
A US official told ABCNews.com that the intelligence reports led to the assignment of Federal Air Marshals to flights into and out of both Glasgow and Prague.
Air marshals had been added to flights into and out of Germany late last month, based on similar warnings.
“More Moslems came, and soon a small mosque was built, which attracted yet others. As long as Zoroastrians remained in the majority, their lives were tolerable; but once the Moslems became the more numerous, a petty but pervasive harassment was apt to develop. This was partly verbal, with taunts about fire-worship, and comments on how few Zoroastrians there were in the world, and how many Moslems, who must therefore posses the truth; and also on how many material advantages lay with Islam. The harassment was often also physical; boys fought, and gangs of youth waylaid and bullied individual Zoroastrians. They also diverted themselves by climbing into the local tower of silence and desecrating it, and they might even break into the fire-temple and seek to pollute or extinguish the sacred flame. Those with criminal leanings found too that a religious minority provided tempting opportunities for theft, pilfering from the open fields, and sometimes rape and arson. Those Zoroastrians who resisted all these pressures often preferred therefore in the end to sell out and move to some other place where their co-religionists were still relatively numerous, and they could live at peace; and so another village was lost to the old faith.”
Boyce, A Persian Stronghold of Zoroastrianism, pp. 7-8;
* rolling eyes *
I agree with everything you said.
W’s legacy: Wasted oppurtunity, avoidable strategic catastrophes, gross incompetence, no leadership.
to start.
The Supreme Court is his only unadulterated achievement and he almost blew that.
Why?
For nearly all here, AlGore was not considered to be the more conservative candidate, hence we voted for Bush.
However, we certainly can look back at our primaries and wonder how we made that choice.
For most conservatives, the real presidential election occurs before November.
We screwed the pooch the last two times, lets try to get it RIGHT (pun intended) this time.
I’m not pissed off, I’m disappointed. I voted for W in 2000 and 2004, but not with much enthusiasm either time. Just because I voted for him doesn’t mean I can’t criticize his leadership. He was the lesser of two evils both times, but he has not led in any of the ways noted. I had no expectation for Gore or Kerry, so what do they have to do with anything.
History will not look kindly on his handling of the Iraq war, nor the performance of the Cheney-Rumsfeld team. I supported to Iraq war, but the inability to deploy adequate troops, the decision to but Bremer in charge, and numerous missteps since have discredit the national security team in my eyes. Too many soldiers ave died because and W and his team did not have the will to deploy appropriate levels of troops and take and secure ground as required. Leaders make mistakes in war, and people die. But contemporary accounts of the performance of the post-War Bush team are universal in depicting amateurs at work.
What overwhelming outcome is Bush trying to bring together? He can’t articulate it? He may be a good man, but he’s hardly a great President. Moreover, in trying times a leader must be more than good-intentioned.
On 9/11 someone asked me what we would do now as a nation. I said we’d need to find our Churchill. Sadly we haven’t. Despite my best hopes, I think for many W was subconsciously defined on 9/11 as Air Force One flew from safe haven to safe haven. Ordinary citizens, rescue workers, and military personnel put themselves at risk in an environment of great uncertainty. The President, rather than overrule the Secret Service and return to DC, simply flew around the country. Sometimes the right thing to do is to get in harms way, to share risk, and to get out in front. To do that required that W just simply order the plane to Andrews. His place was in Washington, regardless of the risk. Compared to others that day, he came out looking less than commanding.
I went to the annual Lincoln dinner, our big Republican event where I live. The speaker was the recently resigned Political Director of the White House. I wondered what it must be like to be the political director for a President who has squandered a once-in-a-generation opportunity to construct a sustainable Republican governing coalition.
When she began speaking - to about 700 people - it was obvious she was a political hack and had no idea how disappointed people are in the President. The standard excuses - the media isn’t telling you the good news from Iraq, the President is leading everyday and he’s excited about the legislative agenda (at the time I didn’t imagine that it was immigration that had in a lather) - were ponied up and the quiet pain of the audience went on for about 20 minutes.
There’s nothing left for him to do but go away. Sadly, his failure to lead has made prospect of getting another solid Justice on the USC seem like a fantasy. We can hope, but I just think that his legacy will be a Democratic Senate for at least a decade. The races just don’t line up like we need them to in ‘08.
DSY !
i can’t believe how this guy just pissed away his presidentship. it’s like he doesn’t care.
i know he’s a well-read guy... i cant’ imagine what he’s thinking... which is, i think, the major problem..
he can’t be a leader while forcing everyone to be a mind-reader.
All right, who in the 2000 primary’s would you rather have?
I'm glad you are not in charge..
That’s hot.
- Paris Hilton.
My ignorance knows no bounds..........I have no idea what that means.
Okay, I know it means you admire me, but for what, specifically?
Well, lemmee see...Bush/McLame - interchangeable; Keyes - White House woulda become The White Chapel - so I voted for Forbes. What wonderful choices we had.
I voted Libertarian in Nov. - and have never regretted it.
Gives me a little more standing when I complain.
In other words........Don't look at me - I didn't vote for the bum!
Ah yes,that hotbed of pro-American, anti-Muslim sentiment. /s
You are very young, and have no clue as to the history or politics of this Great Nation. A Reply is neither garnered nor asked for. Go to Sleep.
AMEN!
DSY.... Damn Straight, Yo!
About your preceding post.
= )
Good Lord must every thread at FreeRepublic turn into another “jorge boosh” immigration bill rant? It has crossed the line when we’ve got Truthers pretending to be FReepers or vice versa. Do you even know what the protocol is when there is a chance the president’s life is in danger?? I seriously doubt it is to drop right in the middle of a hotzone. Check your voicemail - I think Michael Moore is calling...
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