I Call BS!

Plotting a coo in Iran?

Either the Iranians are paranoid or someone is very clever at spying.

Apparently the Pentagon thinks so:

US secret forces are intensifying their cross-border raids into Pakistani tribal areas because of fears of a high-profile al-Qaeda attack during the American election campaign…

…Against this backdrop, a senior US intelligence official said that al Qaeda was seeking to stage a major attack on an American target close to the election, to test the new president-elect.

“Their goal would not be to influence the election but merely to send a message that they are still a force to be reckoned with,” the official said. “They know that a successful attack in the election season will have maximum impact, and they want to give the new president the jitters.”

Any attack in the weeks before the Nov 4 election - what is known in American political circles as an “October surprise” - would almost certainly give a decisive boost to John McCain, the Republican candidate who already holds a commanding lead on questions of national security.

Which, if true, really makes me wonder - why would al Qaeda want to boost McCain just before the election? Or are they foolish enough to think that an attack would help Obama? Those are real questions, by the way; I’m perplexed.

Personally, I think it has everything to do with influencing the election (even if I can’t quite figure out their reasoning) which will be evident IF an attack happens BEFORE Nov. 4. If after, then, and only then, will I buy the bit about “sending a message.” But also, personally, I doubt that al Qaeda can do anything on the scope of 9/11 or the London bombing, and I also doubt that they can pull off anything on U.S. soil that wouldn’t be worse than the criminal incidents that we suffer every day.

What do you think? Am I right? Or am I full of BS?

Early-morning short post, as there might be police action today… the general Thai populace is becoming tired and generally unsupportive of the PAD, many of whom drive up in their Mercedes-Benzes to join in the fray…

More updates later.

Update 1000, Sep 2: after the deaths last night (two reported, one was trying to ride a motorcycle INTO Mob-controlled space, and they beat him to death!) the police have closed about 80% of metropolitan Bangkok’s schools, to remove children from harm’s way.

In response, the now-smaller core of ‘pro-democracy’ law-breakers have bull-horned that ‘We are armed now, so if you come in it will be violent and messy!’

I’m currently chasing down reports/rumors that the mob is loose somewhere in Bangkok…

UPDATE: Wed Sep 3: Reports through the night of pro-Thailand groups fighting with the PAD ‘pro-democracy’ groups, and police standing clear, observing, (Remember, they’ve been ordered to stand duty WITHOUT their riot batons!)

30 ’state-enterprise labor unions’ (figure THAT out) have confirmed that they will STRIKE today, to deprive the general populace of services in THEIR attempt to force out the Samak government. This is the HEART and CRUX of the PAD’s Protest: Thai voters have a wretched, damnable habit of voting for people they WANT, like Taksin or, in his absence, the PPP (now in office)!

Mobus Sempre Vincit! . . . Mob Rule Forever!

Oh, and NO use of water cannons, or other creative, low-violence methods to end Mob rule!

While searching for answers, or even the right questions to ask of ‘The Mob’ (PAD), I interviewed some Thai high-school students, and a few of their answers are here:

Komkrit (a lad) said: “I hate The Mob because they bomb the police. They stop (us from attending) our school.

Ketkaew Kemapet (a lass) said: “I hate the Mob because they make (everything) confusing, they attack the police and Thailand loses money!”

Chanita (another lass) said: “The Mob hurts Thais by stopping school, attacking police and making us all dirty!”

Warunee Weerasak added: “They ruin business, stop trains, stop tourists, stop airlines and shame us all. [ These were from Thai freshmen. ]

Meanwhile, back at the raunch…

Prime Minister Samak, after an emergency session of Thai parliament, will not dissolve this government. Constitutional Law & Order ONE, PAD thugs 0.

Thai unions will be huddling to determine their response to the near-absence of violence against the PAD. Thugs 1, Law 0.

The government approved permission for citizens in the north (ChiangMai, ChiangRai), the north-east (Roi-Et, Issan country) and the center (Sukotai) to hold PRO-Government, ANTI-thugs rallies… Law 3, Thugs Minus 1

But there’ll be more.

And we will report it.

Hundreds of obnoxious, unwashed Peoples’ Alliance for Destruction (PAD) have blocked runways and made Thailand’s Phuket International airport too dangerous to allow scheduled flights in or out. Thousands of tourists (European, Asian and American) are stranded there, thanks to the pinheads of the PAD.

In an emergency session of Paliament, now underway as I write, the Thai government is wrestling with a problem that ‘is not a tsunami, not an earthquake’ but is threatening to throttle their beautiful nation.

Moonbat thuggery is a serious, and apparently contagious, spiritual disease. Some Thais have caught it.

Grumpy

These are some pictures of Friday’s Big Police Fiasco!

And here’s a better shot of the police and their gear:

The Thai government had an eviction order to move the illegal squatters at Government House, but after seeing 350 police in riot gear and batons line up (1030) outside one access point, and wait in the hot sun until 1110, they then meekly marched away, emboldening the petty thugs in the compound, who clapped and jeered!

Some ‘protesters’ broke past airport security today, and vandalized a VIP room. Other reports of vandalism and attacks on police are plentiful.

The government is stumbling badly here, unable to field enough loyal police (loyal to the government) to oust and jail The Mob, and unable or unwilling to send in riot-armed troops to assist!

Prime Minister Samak is groping, either inept or unwilling, either of which are grave malfeasance in office!