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Terrorism is a Man-Caused Disaster

By W. James Antle, III on 3.18.09 @ 12:10PM

Some things must be read to be believed. Here is Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaking to Der Spiegel:

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.

Soon she will amend that offensive description of terrorism to "human-caused" disasters, no doubt. (Hat tip: Diana West.)

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Crusader| 3.18.09 @ 1:46PM

Welcome to Bizzarro/Obama World.

ruth| 3.18.09 @ 2:03PM

Unfortunately, it's our world now.

ECM| 3.18.09 @ 2:19PM

That is perhaps only a nuance...

Perhaps?! Talk about the politics of "hope" over reason, logic and honesty.

tom| 3.18.09 @ 4:10PM

Here in Arizona we wished and hoped she'd go away. She did, and now we are sorry. She could not even protect our boarders, let alone the nation.

WendyG| 3.18.09 @ 6:23PM

These people are so STUPID!

Robert Eisenhardt| 3.28.09 @ 10:29AM

I am a survivor of the 101st floor, South Tower, World Trade Center - worked for Aon Consulting and was present on that day. I am disgusted and outraged by referring to terrorist attacks as Man Caused Disasters. Consider then that every single disaster or problem (save those of nature) are essentially man-caused in some way or another. Even the dust bowl of the 1930s was man caused at it's base.

We have now normalized such terrorist actions into the realm of acceptable at least in so far as speech and thought is concerned.

God help the United States of America.