Larry Johnson: Glasgow's Burning--Run For Your Lives

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Preliminary, unconfirmed reports indicate a nuclear blast has occurred at Glasgow's international airport. No one has seen the mushroom cloud or heard the blast, but something by God is happening and it must be terrible. There is smoke and fire. In fact, a car is on fire. It must be Al Qaeda. Only Al Qaeda knows how to set themselves on fire inside a car. Please. Flee to the hills (leave your doors unlocked). Oh the humanity!

UPDATE:
As events unfold I'm simply asking that folks take a big deep breath and try to keep things in perspective. Are there jihadist extremists in the world who are willing to kill innocents? Absolutely. Are they amenable to negotiation? No. I am not in the, "have you hugged a terrorist today" camp. However, we need to stop equating their hatred with actual capability.

If today's events at Glasgow prove to be linked to the two non-events yesterday in London, then we should heave a sigh of relief. We may be witnessing the implosion of takfiri jihadists--religious fanatics who are incredibly inept. While I am not an explosives expert I am good friends with one of the world's foremost explosives experts. Propane tanks and petrol (gas for us Americans) can produce a dandy flame and a mighty boom but these are not the tools for making a car bomb long the lines of what we see detonating on a daily basis in Iraq.

My main beef remains that much of the cable news media reacts to this nonsense like a fifty year old guy on Viagra or Cialis--they pop major wood. And the same warnings are appropriate--an erection lasting more than four hours may be harmful. Amen.


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[ginnyinWI]

1. K&R for truth-telling! n/t

[ixion]

8. second that... truthiness kick...

:patriot:

[tech3149]

2. leave it to Larry to tell the truth n/t

[still_one]

3. Two events happened yesterday in UK, and this today in Scotland. Shouldn't they report it?

It wasn't that long ago when the London underground and buses had attacks that occurred on them

Should this all be ignored

Do you really think there are not groups out there that want to do harm to the west, specifically AQ?

Sure the media hypes it up because that is how they get their revenue, but it also puts people on alert

If we had a competent administration they would have blown the SH*T out of bin laden at tora bora, but instead they were more intent on invading a country that had NOTHING to do with 9/11

[Scout1071]

6. Yes, the media should definitely report it.

And people should be more aware. It's not hysteria or hype, but rather it is actual news. I truly don't understand why Larry is so hell bent on downplaying these events. They may not be Lex Luther type masterminds pulling off these events, but they most certainly are terrorist acts. I have to wonder how many people have to be endangered before Larry thinks the story should be covered. Can you imagine if 2 car bombs had been found in NYC?

[still_one]

7. You and I are on the same page. Whether it was "high explosives" or not

people could have been killed

[aquart]

4. k&r

[BlueManDude]

5. We have overblown the capability of these jihadi losers...

after reading The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright, I'm convinced that Al Queda's rank and file are a bunch of losers who have trouble getting laid, little economic opportunities, thus turn to radical Islam.

Yeah, they're dangerous, but our leaders should be belittling them instead of trying to convince US citizens that they can strike anywhere anytime. They can't.

[leftupnorth]

9. If I could rec a post , I would rec yours!

Perfectly said. Bunch of losers is right. The gang who couldn't bomb straight.

[Lokki]

10. You're right!

We should just ignore these losers. Even if the bomb had gone off by the nightclubs not many people would have been hurt, and even if there hadn't been safety barriers at Glasgow airport, how much harm could those clowns have done?

We lose more people to being killed by SUV's every day in this country! Let's worry about something important like the fact that global warming is going to destroy the earth! America out of Iraq now! (And apologize!)

[OwnedByFerrets]

11. K & R