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I don't know why there are lines through the end of that. It's just my shitty computer skills! "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

Janet Napolitano -- former Arizona governor, now overmatched secretary of homeland security -- will forever be remembered for having said of the attempt to bring down an airliner over Detroit: "The system worked." The attacker's concerned father had warned U.S. authorities about his son's jihadist tendencies. The would-be bomber paid cash and checked no luggage on a transoceanic flight. He was nonetheless allowed to fly, and would have killed 288 people in the air alone, save for a faulty detonator and quick actions by a few passengers. Heck of a job, Brownie. The reason the country is uneasy about the Obama administration's response to this attack is a distinct sense of not just incompetence but incomprehension. From the very beginning, President Obama has relentlessly tried to play down and deny the nature of the terrorist threat we continue to face. Napolitano renames terrorism "man-caused disasters." Obama goes abroad and pledges to cleanse America of its post-9/11 counterterrorist sins. Hence, Guantanamo will close, CIA interrogators will face a special prosecutor, and Khalid Sheik Mohammed will bask in a civilian trial in New York -- a trifecta of political correctness and image management. And just to make sure even the dimmest understand, Obama banishes the term "war on terror." It's over -- that is, if it ever existed. Obama may have declared the war over. Unfortunately, al-Qaeda has not. Which gives new meaning to the term "asymmetric warfare." And produces linguistic -- and logical -- oddities that littered Obama's public pronouncements following the Christmas Day attack. In his first statement, Obama referred to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as "an isolated extremist." This is the same president who, after the Fort Hood, Tex., shooting, warned us "against jumping to conclusions" -- code for daring to associate the mass murder there with Nidal Hasan's Islamist ideology. Yet, with Abdulmutallab, Obama jumped immediately to the conclusion, against all existing evidence, that the would-be bomber acted alone. More jarring still were Obama's references to the terrorist as a "suspect" who "allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device." You can hear the echo of FDR: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- Japanese naval and air force suspects allegedly bombed Pearl Harbor." Obama reassured the nation that this "suspect" had been charged. Reassurance? The president should be saying: We have captured an enemy combatant -- an illegal combatant under the laws of war: no uniform, direct attack on civilians -- and now to prevent future attacks, he is being interrogated regarding information he may have about al-Qaeda in Yemen. Instead, Abdulmutallab is dispatched to some Detroit-area jail and immediately lawyered up. At which point -- surprise! -- he stops talking. This absurdity renders hollow Obama's declaration that "we will not rest until we find all who were involved." Once we've given Abdulmutallab the right to remain silent, we have gratuitously forfeited our right to find out from him precisely who else was involved, namely those who trained, instructed, armed and sent him. This is all quite mad even in Obama's terms. He sends 30,000 troops to fight terror overseas, yet if any terrorists come to attack us here, they are magically transformed from enemy into defendant. The logic is perverse. If we find Abdulmutallab in an al-Qaeda training camp in Yemen, where he is merely preparing for a terror attack, we snuff him out with a Predator -- no judge, no jury, no qualms. But if we catch him in the United States in the very act of mass murder, he instantly acquires protection not just from execution by drone but even from interrogation. The president said that this incident highlights "the nature of those who threaten our homeland." But the president is constantly denying the nature of those who threaten our homeland. On Tuesday, he referred five times to Abdulmutallab (and his terrorist ilk) as "extremist." A man who shoots abortion doctors is an extremist. An eco-fanatic who torches logging sites is an extremist. Abdulmutallab is not one of these. He is a jihadist. And unlike the guys who shoot abortion doctors, jihadists have cells all over the world; they blow up trains in London, nightclubs in Bali and airplanes over Detroit (if they can); and are openly pledged to war on America. Any government can through laxity let someone slip through the cracks. But a government that refuses to admit that we are at war, indeed, refuses even to name the enemy -- jihadist is a word banished from the Obama lexicon -- turns laxity into a governing philosophy. letters@charleskrauthammer.com "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

He is not a soldier in any nation's army. Again agreed however, the no uniform makes it "unlawful" according to LOAC. He is nothing but a lowly criminal, I disagree, "real" soldiers are engaging and killing these combatants daily. These killers deserve exactly what they getting, again it's a war and it's going to be a long one at that! "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

I think we should get him a great Lawyer, have a nice trial with all his constitutional rights protected. We can let our national security interests be discovered in pre-trial motions. Maybe give him a big 'ole group hug, to improve his self-esteem! This dude is an unlawful enemy combatant, he needs to go to Gitmo, be tried by a military tribunal and executed after he exploited for any intel. It's a fucking war, way too many lately have forgotten that. Let the flaming begin. "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

In my best cop voice: "come on people move along, there is nothing to see here" That help Bill?

All this *** is making me dizzy......... "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

No dude, It was me, I was guilty of using the "T" word against my bestest new buddy the Luckster. I'm so ashamed......... "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

Google; Grossman on killing......... Read it and it will explain alot. If I had done such a thing, I sure would'nt yap about it on an internet forum. "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

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Come this way sir............... What? no you can't turn left......... "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

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Did you guys at least say: "hey watch this!!!" "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

You started the whole, "troll" thing, you shoulda been warned first, yet you come in to laugh at it all. *** That's how I roll baby! I'm so so so so sorry I called you a troll, now that I realize you are my newest, bestest internet special friend. I love you man! "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

I was in the backseat of a National Guard OH-58, flying around greater Cincinnati blacked out with NVG's. We were supporting my police dept., the radio barely cracked. We had a huge celebration with Miss America, the Governor of Kentucky and several other VIP's. There was supposed to be 50,000 people, I think there were 300, 303 counting us in the helicopter. The radio barely cracked on both sides of the Ohio river all night, it was by far the slowest New Years Eve in my law enforcement career. 6 hours of turning fuel into noise, but it was fun! "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

So you were Le bombed........... Happy New Year! "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

Remember 10 yrs ago and all the Y2K hype? Where were you and what were you doing? "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

Wow that must really make a mess in your tightie whities.*** Come on now! Only 10 White Castles after a hard night drinking does that...........geez....... "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

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But what if you like to fish from a moving boat? (sorry, couldn't help it)....... "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

As any educator knows, some people just need to be told several times. *** Damn, ya got me there! I guess I've been too busy doing instead of teaching. If ya can't make your point insult, works everytime! YEEEEE...........HAW!!!!!!! ( sorry, I live in Kentucky) "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

Didn't see your righteous outrage in the demean Ted Kennedy thread.*** The echo just bounced off another wall in the cave, why not just say "uncle"? "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

I want one of those, that is cool! "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

Didn't see your righteous outrage in the demean Ted Kennedy thread Wow, I hear an echo.........and an empty one at that. "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

So you're saying it's OK to demean Ted Kennedy when he's sick, But.......but..........thanks for making my point, TWICE. You are much better at talking about physics and boobies......... "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"

Great post! You shoulda figured out a way to keep the word "boobs" out though. The thread is taking the predictable nose dive, but it is fun to watch (.) (.)............ Very well written, and points well made. "Just 'cause I'm simple, don't mean I'm stewpid!"