THIS IS SHOCKING – AT 8:21 A.M. ET:  You must read this becsause it is so entirely different from anything we could have expected.  I am joking.  From Fox:

Times Square bomb plot suspect Faisal Shahzad is a “fan and follower" of a radical American-born cleric linked to the Fort Hood attack in November and the attempted jet bombing on Christmas Day, sources tell Fox News.

Shahzad is a fan of Anwar al-Awlaki's CDs, which promote the cleric's extremist Muslim ideology, sources say, however, there is no known evidence yet that that Shahzad had direct contact with Awlaki, such as through e-mails.

Awlaki, who is under a kill-or-capture order by the U.S. government and believed to be hiding in Yemen, is now linked to the last three terrorist plots designed to kill Americans at home.

COMMENT:  You mean the Times Square guy wasn't a tea partier?  But I thought...

Compare what's coming out now with the absurd, early statements by government officials, including the allegedly smart mayor of New York.  They were rambling on about anti-government types, haters of Obamacare, disgruntled this and thats.  The words "Islamic extremism" found difficulty passing through their tight little lips.

We are fighting a war, and the people in charge can't seem to name the enemy.  Imagine if, during World War II, FDR referred to the Japanese as "militant Easterners" or to the Nazis as "disaffected cultural cousins." 

Our colleges have done quite a job in introducing our elites to disciplined thinking, haven't they?

May 7, 2010