White House admits the attack on Flight 253 was a terrotist act, but still won’t admit the Fort Hood attack was terrorism

  Contrary to what this administration and Homeland Security would have us believe, terrorism still exists and even changing the term “terrorism” to “man-caused disasters” has not changed that. The latest example of this can be seen here; Northwest Flight  253, flying on Christmas, was the target of an attempted terrorist attack. 

  A man claiming to be an al-Qaeda operative, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, attempted to blow up the airplane using some type of incendiary device. Once the passengers heard the noise, saw and smelled the smoke, several of them leapt into action and subdued this terrorist.

  At the time of this writing we do not know whether this man was actually working for al-Qaeda and we do not know if he actually had the means on board to blow up the plane. We don’t know if the airplane was in any real danger, but we do know three things; firstly, the passengers aboard this plane that took action are heroes and congratulations and thank yous are in order. Because of their actions, the lives of almost 300 people were possibly saved.

   Secondly, the intent was there, even if we find out that this man was nothing more than another Richard Reid, which leads us directly into the third known fact– this man is a terrorist.

  Even the White House released a statement that acknowledged the fact that this attempted attack was probably terror related; something I find a little odd considering that after the Fort Hood terror attack the president– when he finally bothered to address the media, and after he did his shout outs– warned the American people about rushing to judgement.

  He was not, and still is not, willing to call the Fort Hood terrorist what he is– a terrorist. The Fort Hood terrorist faces no terrorism charges, and it doesn’t look like he ever will. I have written several posts in which it can clearly be seen by the evidence that Nadal Hasan was acting as a terrorist, but the White House is unwilling to call him a terrorist. Yet the White House has no problem calling Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab a terrorist so soon after the attack? Why is he willing to rush to judgement in this case? Shouldn’t he wait until after all of the facts are in before passing judgement, just as he asked us to do after Fort Hood?

  Why do you think it is that the White House is willing to use the “T” word in this case when it is so opposed to using the “T” word in regards to Fort Hood?

   I have a theory. At first, in regards to the Fort Hood attack, I thought that the president was ashamed to admit that a terrorist attack happened on his watch, but I think the story goes well beyond that. I think that it is quite possible that Barack Obama is willing to call yesterday’s failed attack what it was because– in addition to the fact that the plot was stopped, unlike the Fort Hood attack– he has no fear that his policies led to the situation that made this attack possible.

   But he can’t be so sure about the Fort Hood terrorist attack. There is no other reason that I can come up with for the president’s unwillingness to call Nidal Hasan a terrorist for the attack on Fort Hood, he is trying to hide something. Someone in this administration has something to hide when it comes to the Fort Hood terrorist attack.