Flight 253 aftermath: Janet Napolitano admits that the system “failed miserably”

  When Janet Napolitano addressed the issue of the failed terror attack on Flight 253 she said that it was proof that “the system worked.” As if that ludicrous and asinine statement wasn’t enough, she later went on to say the following:

This was one individual literally of thousands that fly and thousands of flights every year,” Napolitano said. “And he was stopped before any damage could be done. I think the important thing to recognize here is that once this incident occurred, everything happened that should have

  Once the incident occurred? That’s the problem, you are supposed to prevent the incident from occurring in the first place. This man should never have been allowed on a plane bound for the United States in the first place. The only reasons that this incident was stopped before any “damage could be done” is because of the actions of the passengers on board the plane coupled with the failure of the fuse.

  Today Janet Napolitano must have realized how stupid and inaccurate her astounding statement sounded and she reversed herself by admitting that the system failed miserably. I find it interesting that in the immediate aftermath of an attempted terrorist attack, the first thing that Janet Napolitano felt compelled to do was to enter spin mode to protect herself and the Obama administration’s policies. Only after it became obvious, even to her, that the American people were not buying the line of bullshit she was handing down did she come out an admit what everybody already knew– that this was a failure in Homeland Security.

  I am glad that she finally realized it was useless to try to pretend that there was nothing wrong in the system that allowed this man to enter the United States, but that does not change the fact that the man was allowed to enter the United States. If it was not for a faulty fuse, we would be looking at an attack that left 300 Americans dead and just because Mutallab failed in his plan it does not mean that nobody needs to be held accountable for the miserable failure in the system. Janet Napolitano, being in charge of the organization that is suppoed to keep America’s homeland safe, needs to be held accountable. She failed miserably and she needs to resign.

  Janet Napolitano refuses to even use the word “terrorism”, preferring the term “man caused disaster”, and she refuses to use the term “war on terror”, preferring the term “overseas contingency operation.” She does this because she believes that those terms, used under the Bush administration, is fear mongering, and she wants to prove that this is a kinder, gentler administration.

  Her kinder, gentler Homeland Security Department nearly got 300 Americans killed. Al-Qaeda is emboldened because the do not see America as a kinder, gentler nation; they see America as a weaker nation, they see a nation that is not willing to confront her enemies, they see a nation who is not even willing to name her enemies for fear of offending them, and it is becoming evident that they plan on feeding on our weakness.