California Conservative

The more that comes out about the Flying Imam Fiasco, the more apparent it is that it was a stunt designed to give political cover to Democrats who want to weaken airport security. Here’s what IBD opines in their editorial:

All six claim to be Americans, so clearly they were aware of heightened security. Surely they knew that groups of Muslim men flying together while praying to Allah fit the modus operandi of the 9/11 hijackers and would make a pilot nervous. Throw in anti-U.S. remarks and odd demands about seat belts, and they might as well have yelled, “Bomb!”
Yet they chose to make a spectacle. Why? Turns out among those attending their conference was Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, (D-MN), who will be the first Muslim sworn into Congress (with his hand on the Quran). Two days earlier, Ellison, an African-American convert who wants to criminalize Muslim profiling, spoke at a fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim-rights group that wasted no time condemning US Airways for “prejudice and ignorance.” CAIR wants congressional hearings to investigate other incidents of “flying while Muslim.” Incoming Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, (D-MI), has already drafted a resolution, borrowing from CAIR rhetoric, that gives Muslims special civil-rights protections.

I hope that Conyers’ legislation gets extensive coverage on CNN, FNC and conservative talk radio. I pray that the NY Times makes this legislation its next major cause. I’d be positively giddy if there’s a recorded vote on this so we can use it in commercial after commercial in 2008. Giving “Muslims special civil-rights protections” would tell Americans that (a) Democrats are in the back pockets of radical Muslim ‘civil rights organizations’; (b)Democrats care more about appeasing a fringe group than about maintaining tight airline safety and (c)Democrats will neither be tough nor smart in the GWOT. In fact, this debate will show them to be the appeasers that they’ve always been.

Giving “Muslims special civil-rights protections” is code for Democrats’ caving on this important issue, which will cement in peoples’ minds that they’re more worried about not hurting someone’s feelings than they are about protecting Americans.

Even if Conyers’ legislation doesn’t go far, at least Sen. Patrick Leahy has given us this quote on what Democrats’ highest priority:

“The American people,” Mr. Leahy’s letter said, “deserve to have detailed and accurate information about the role of the Bush administration in developing the interrogation policies and practices that have engendered such deep criticism around the world.”

The majority of Americans couldn’t care less about having “detailed and accurate information about” the Bush administration’s “interrogation policies.” They care only about being protected from terrorist organizations. Sen. Leahy’s statement is proof that Democrats care more about “deep criticism around the world” than they care about preventing terrorist attacks. It’s quite obvious that Sen. Leahy and other like-minded Democrats put a higher priority on being popular with the “World Community” than in implementing serious counter-terrorist policies.

You’d think that they would’ve learned from their mistakes in the 1990’s that being popular in the “World Community” should be their lowest priority. Unfortunately, they’re more worried about having backstabbing friends than about measurable achievements. The unmistakeable truth is that Democrats’ policies will either weaken national security or airport security, with a slight possibility of their policies weakening both. God forbid that from happening.

This is the fulfillment of conservatives’ predictions that 07-08 will be all about ‘oversight hearings’, which is code for “Let’s dig into everyhing in hopes of embarassing the Bush administration.”

Technorati Tags: Homeland Security, Airport Security, CAIR, John Conyers, Leahy, Terrorism

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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