[SJackson]

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[OldFriend]

Frankly, other than committed america hating leftists no one cares a whit about the media's focus on 'torture'.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Pipes is right again. This is a huge story. Reading MSM reports of this case you will learn that the perp was a high school valedictorian. They don't give you any details of the "school" which is a "hate the non-believers" outpost of the Saudi government.

The west is going to have to come to grips with the fact that the enemy is among us. It is in the form of militant islam. Or maybe (militant) islam. Or maybe just islam.

We are extremely fortunate to have a leader of the free world who fully understands the power of free men and their ideas. We see the dominoes of repression falling in the mid-east on a daily basis. I hope he has enough time in the next four years to complete the job and set up a successor who shares his ideas.

[gridlock]

Pipes is right on the money, as always.

[Publius6961]

An fraudulent American citizen trained by the Saudi government in Virginia will stand trial for plotting to assassinate the president of the United States and yet the media focus on allegations of torture?

There.
I fixed it.

[Happy2BMe]

TRAINED BY THE SAUDI GUBMINT - ping.

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An American citizen trained by the Saudi government in Virginia will stand trial for plotting to assassinate the president of the United States and yet the media focus on allegations of torture?

[WorkingClassFilth]

"...the "united we stand" solidarity that followed September 11, 2001, lasted just some months, after which a much deeper divide emerged as conservatives proved far more profoundly affected by the atrocities than did liberals."

I would only offer one correction to Mr. Pipes interpretation of post-911 events. If the reader will recall, the Left, particularly in the media, was frozen into silence. For a series of reasons, they were like deer caught in the headlights because every word that they usually hammered on from day to day suddenly illuminated them as anti-American and treasonous. The backdrop of the attack highlighted them in inescapable fashion. As a result, their thunderous silence was driven by their lack of response - NOT by any pro-American sentiment. After a week or so, the op/ed pieces started to crop up here and there saying things like 'some Americans are afraid...ultra-nationalism...patriotic fervor hiding racism and hatred...blah, blah, blah.' Then, as the smoke cleared and the MAINSTREAM MEDIA UNIFORMLY AGREED TO A BLACKOUT OF 911 IMAGES, the drum beat of anti-Americanism resumed in earnest but this time with a new drum - the dangers of patriotism.

[Bombardier]

The MSM is the jihadists' fifth column. They need to be handled like the traitors they are.

[Cinnamon Girl]

How about the part where the Old Media reported that this vermin kid was the "valedictorian of his high school in Virginia" but conveniently neglected to mention that it was a special muslim terrorist high school.

[spodefly]

BTTT

[BayouCoyote]

Same 'ole saudi crap again. Wake up AMERICA! The saudia educated muslimes are the enemy within! Correction, they are all our enemies.

[SJackson]

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[cricket]

"Looking at the United States, the "united we stand" solidarity that followed September 11, 2001, lasted just some months, after which a much deeper divide emerged as conservatives proved far more profoundly affected by the atrocities than did liberals."

. . .the Liberal voices remind us daily; that their preference is for the enemy camp; and it is understandable if only from the fact that they share a similar idiological orientation.

These Libs remind us as well of the truism. . .with 'friends like these. . .who needs enemies'.

'. . .the friend of my enemy is my enemy'. . .is another.

Our Repubs in Washington need to be reminded of these 'simple truths'.