Friday, March 20, 2009

This is who's in charge of 'Homeland Security'

SPIEGEL: Madame Secretary, in your first testimony to the US Congress as Homeland Security Secretary you never mentioned the word "terrorism." Does Islamist terrorism suddenly no longer pose a threat to your country?

Napolitano: Of course it does. I presume there is always a threat from terrorism. In my speech, although I did not use the word "terrorism," I referred to "man-caused" disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur.
A 'man-caused disaster' would be a dam failing, or a bridge falling because of engineering or maintenance failures; 'terrorism' is when someobody BLOWS UP THE BRIDGE, you moron. Or FLIES AIRPLANES INTO BUILDINGS. In other words, the things the enemy does that you don't want to call terrorism because of your 'politics of fear' feewings. You idiot.

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