Biden was Right
23 October 2008 5:03 pm by Taylor Marsh
Bratton
and Eddy write about the October surprise that looms in our collective mind. Michael Chertoff mentioned it the other day, saying the change in presidency makes us “vulnerable.” It’s real.
If Bin Laden wants to engineer a late-October surprise in 2008, an attack
on a significant American economic target may be one of the most tempting
opportunities he has had in recent years. One of his goals on 9/11 was to
undermine our markets; he has bragged of what he calls the “success of
the bleed-until-bankruptcy plan.” Given our current financial turmoil,
Bin Laden may believe that a strike against the U.S.could push our economy
over the edge.Bin Laden may have already begun to weigh in on our coming elections. Last
month, Al Qaeda launched an assault against the American Embassy in Yemen,
including plans to slaughter the embassy staff. It was repelled only because
of the heroics of local guards. If history is any guide, we should expect
to see more terror in the coming weeks.[...]Put simply: Bin Laden probably realizes it could become markedly more
difficult to paint the United States as the “Great Satan” with a
new President who is admired internationally. The remaining 14 days before
the elections should be seen as a time of high threat, and state and local
police should be on high alert. With so much at stake in these elections,
Bin Laden will probably attempt to make his opinion count.AUTHORS: Bratton, chief of police in Los Angeles, is a former commissioner
of the New York Police Department. Eddy, senior fellow for counterterrorism
at the Manhattan Institute, is a former director of counterterrorism at the
National Security Council.
I wrote the other day about the news coming out of Iraq, which like clockwork
wingnut radio picked up today.
Biden was correct, of course, if for no other reason than the mess Bush leaves
makes a fertile playing field for jihadists. I’m thankful we’re talking about it at last.
Joe Biden was simply the first to say it.
