I was going to do a little missive on this total non-victory in the War On Terror, especially as I listened to KSL’s Grant and Amanda go breathlessly on and on about it this morning, but, sadly, the Wonkette did it with more skill and speed than I ever could. Here’s an excerpt:
The plot, reported this morning by New York’s WNBC television and confirmed to the Washington Post by FBI officials, involved storming the base with automatic weapons and attempting to kill as many soldiers and other personnel as possible.
Ok. So, the plot was: six dudes from New Jersey buy some guns and storm Fort Dix. The Fort Dix that is full of lots and lots of Army reservists with way, way more guns. And, like, extensive military training and s**t. Yes, thank god these terrorists have been caught and locked up before they could be killed within minutes of deciding to carry out the dumbest f**king terrorist plot we’ve ever heard of.
UPDATE: From Carrie over at Democracy for Utah:
“Note that warrantless wiretaps, torture, and invading a country that hadn’t attacked us were not necessary to stop this plot. Also note that we’re supposedly fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them here. That plan seems not to be working as intended.”
Anyone want to forward that over to Jim Matheson written on the back of, say, the definition of Habeas Corpus? Two birds with one stone, eh?
They should call it the Pizza Plot. One of the so-called terrorists worked in a pizza place. “He delivered pizza to the base at Fort Dix regularly. He said he knew Fort Dix like the back of his hand. He drew a detailed map of Fort Dix from memory,” U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie said.
How many pizza delivery guys are there in America? Be afraid, be very afraid!