Of course, the defender of the USG's fear-mongery would point out the recent arrest of some guys in New Jersey who were planning on killing some folks at Ft. Dix, an army base in New Jersey (I actually did some training there myself, back in my ROTC days as a wee Jersey boy). But like those religious loonies down in Florida last year, these guys don't exactly seem like a grave threat to America, let alone anyone at Ft. Dix.
First off, these guys had no major weapons. They were trying to get them, but they didn't have any. According to [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21702283-663,00.html|a May 10, 2007 article] at http://News.Com.au they:
spent nearly 16 months hatching the plot, which included firearms training, reconnaissance trips to the base at Fort Dix, and making arrangements to buy weapons such as assault rifles and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.The last time I checked, it's not illegal to own a firearm or undergo "firearms training" in the US. Nor is it illegal to talk tough on video tape, which is what really got them in trouble. More from the article:
"My intent is to hit a heavy concentration of soldiers" at Fort Dix, one suspect allegedly told a co-operating witness.So, they puff up their chests in a video where they shoot guns and talk about killing some people inside an army base and this means they're criminals and terrorists? Dude, THIS IS AN ARMY BASE, we're talking about here."This is exactly what we are looking for. You hit four, five or six Humvees and light the whole place (up) and retreat completely without any losses."
Bravado and a desire to videotape themselves preparing for the attack, had led to the suspects' undoing, authorities said.
A videotape of a training session and an alert store clerk got the FBI on the case.
There's this little thing called... SECURITY.
These guys weren't even affiliated with Al Qaeda and we're supposed to think that they were threats?
New Jersey attorney Christopher Christie said the suspects, who range in age from 22 to 28 and came to the United States from Jordan, Turkey and the former Yugoslavia, were not part of any international terrorist organisation.So, an attack on soldiers at a US army base INSIDE of America is not an attack on a grand scale?"Terrorist attacks are not always on a grand scale," Mr Christie said after the six were formally charged.
He described the group as serious, capable of carrying out the plot and the "model" for a new type of terrorism. "It could have been a disaster," he said.
Guess what, bright eyes! It'd have to be on a grand scale to get past the security at that base.
This is one of the grand ironies, here. So, these guys are trumped up as a big threat--so, a handful of guys with guns could have caused a "disaster"? Doesn't that sell our troops and their security a bit short? Who's not supporting the troops now? So, our troops can't defend themselves against SIX MEN with no actual connection to Al Qaeda?
This is just more crap, folks. More bullshit meant to keep us quaking in our boots against our darker-skinned neighbors.
Another grand irony here is that the more of these kinds of arrests that the United States Government performs, the more people will get pissed at them for it. These extremists already point at the USG and call it imperialist, fascist and tyrannical. A great way to encourage that sentiment is to prove them right by arresting people for things they haven't done yet.
If you're still not convinced that this is intentional fear mongering, check out the last paragraph of the above-linked article:
"Today we dodged a bullet," added Jody Weis, special agent in charge of the FBI's Philadelphia office. "They were forming a platoon to take out an army."It's as though they don't even realize how their poor choice of words will alarm people.
SIX guys were forming a "platoon" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon|usually 30 to 50 men]) and were going to "take out an army"?
Orignal From: KEEPING FEAR ALIVE
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