Friday, September 07, 2007

Oh, Those Fear-Mongering Germans!
(They're so cute.)

“Three suspects allegedly trained in Pakistan by an al-Qaeda-linked group have been arrested for plotting massive car bomb attacks on US troops and other Americans near US military bases and German airports, authorities said yesterday.” – Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2007.

“There was an imminent threat.” - German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung.

“We were able to succeed in recognizing and preventing the most serious and massive bombings . . . (it is) a good day for security in Germany.” - German Federal prosecutor, Monika Harms. (Blogger’s Note: The self-congratulatory language is so unbecoming. Okay, over-hype the seizure of 1,500 lbs of hydrogen peroxide if you must but don’t praise yourself in the same thought.)

“This (the massive amount of alleged bomb-making materials seized) would have enabled them to make bombs with more explosive power than the ones used in the London and Madrid bombings . . . in my opinion, a high number of casualties was the main objective . . .” - Chief of the Federal Police Jorge Ziercke.

And, my favorite:

“This shows that terrorist dangers in our country as well are not abstract but are real.” - German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Also (I can’t believe I have to type this; it’s so embarrassing to the German national security forces), it appears over 600 members of various German law enforcement agencies were involved in the arrests and 20! (omigosh! the excess!) officers of Germany’s elite GSG9, the counter-terrorism unit of the German Federal Police, led the charge into the home where the alleged terrorists were hiding. The elite GSG9 must have needed some practice – small house in the country against three misguided youths who couldn’t bomb straight.

How long until the liberal extremists claim “dumb” President Bush now has the entire German government hyping his war against terrorists?

Or, can we all recall that Germany was a no-show in Iraq? Isn’t that crystal clear from Chancellor Merkel’s use of the words “as well"?

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