Obama's Man-Caused Disaster Chickens Come Home to Roost

AMERICAN THINKER.com ^ | November 13, 2009 | Commentary By Neil Braithwaite

[Cindy]

In her first testimony before Congress back in March of this year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano laid the groundwork for the Obama administration's new "politically correct" Homeland Security doctrine. Without ever mentioning "terrorist" or "terrorism" during her testimony, Secretary Napolitano put forth the politically correct term for those two words: "man-caused disaster." Defining the term as "nuance" to the German news site Spiegel Online, Secretary Napolitano further stated, "...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." The "T"-word has been off limits by the Obama administration ever since.

Noting the Obama administration's new Homeland Security doctrine as proffered by Secretary Napolitano, James Carafano of the Heritage Foundation may not have known just how prophetic he was when he stated, "By deliberately trying not to use the 'T'-word, they [the Obama administration] run a serious political risk. If something does happen, they'll be accused of taking their eye off the ball and no amount of explanation after the fact will suffice."

Well, something did happen, and Carafano's prophecy has come true.

President Obama's new Homeland Security doctrine has taken our country from being the world's strongest and most intimidating superpower to a weak and vulnerable nation being singled out by every terrorist organization in the world. And make no mistake: Whether homegrown or international, these terrorists want America destroyed at any cost. The Obama administration's Homeland Security doctrine has become no more than a politically correct welcome mat for every Muslim jihadist on the planet.

President Obama is willfully surrendering America's safety for the sake of political correctness and tolerance.

[Cindy]

Previously...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509597,00.html

“Terrorism Is a ‘Man-Caused’ Disaster?”
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
By Bret Baier

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:

“Word Play”

SNIPPET: “Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has an explanation about why she never mentioned the word “terrorism” during her first testimony on Capitol Hill.

Napolitano tells the German news site Spiegel Online that while she presumes there is always a threat from 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.”

James Carafano, senior research fellow at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation says: “By deliberately trying not to use the T word they run a serious political risk. If something does happen, they’ll be accused of taking their eye off the ball and no amount of explanation after the fact will suffice.””

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2379404/posts?page=2656#2656

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http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006668.html

12 November 2009
CONTENT VS CONTEXT

[nickcarraway]

Why stop at calling it “man-caused disaster?” Why not just call it: Racism-Induced Incident?

[Cindy]

OPINION:

Because it’s terrorism.

[historyrepeatz]

Oh I see. If it has a negative connotation, “man-caused” is acceptable. There is no gender argument. If something that is “man-caused” is good, how dare we not include women. Let’s all agree that in any case, the term “person-caused” be used. Yes, life is now a pain in the buttocks because of political correctness, but fair is fair.

[Cindy]

No, words have meaning.

Terrorism IS terrorism.

Renaming terrorism won’t make terrorism go away.

Terrorism IS terrorism.

[skr]

I think nickcarraway was being sarcastic.

[Cindy]

Oh.

[skr]

Thanks for posting the article.

[Cindy]

You’re welcome skr.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

I’m sure the term man-caused disaster was chosen, so terrorism could be described as the moral equivalent of emitting too much CO2.

This administration is terrible.

[ricks_place]

The Political Left are so clever at redefining initiatives. Homeland Security morphed from fighting terror to man-made disasters, and Safe Schools morphed from eliminating guns and drugs to homosexualizing students, and Voting Rights morphed from assuring all citizens get a vote to stuffing the ballot box with non-citizens, phantom citizens, dead citizens, and multiple votes for favored citizens. The Left realizes it must win at any cost to implement their policies and receive their stimulus funds!!

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

To: Cindy Oh I see. If it has a negative connotation, “man-caused” is acceptable. There is no gender argument. If something that is “man-caused” is good, how dare we not include women. Let’s all agree that in any case, the term “person-caused” be used. Yes, life is now a pain in the buttocks because of political correctness, but fair is fair.

BINGO!

Thanks. Hadn't thought of that and I like it.

I know I can always count on my fellow Freepers to bring some clarity to the subject at hand.

Boy would that put Dear Leader's sock puppet and clueless lapdog, Napolitano in a spot if someone were to ask her: "Hey Janet, are there no women terrorist?" To which she would have to admit, well yes there are. And then she would be asked, then why not use the correct "Person-made Disasters," or are you deliberately discriminating against all males? lol

Good one!!!

[Cindy]

Update:

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "JIHAD? WHAT JIHAD? Obama bans mention of Islam, jihad, from National Security Strategy Document" (April 7, 2010)