so I guess this conflicts with Obama's administrations october 2009 policy "President Obama's national security team is moving to reframe its war strategy by emphasizing the campaign against Al Qaeda in Pakistan while arguing that the Taliban in Afghanistan do not pose a direct threat to the United States, officials said Wednesday."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/team-obama-afghan-taliban_b_314144.html

Who would have thought??!?!?!?

It sounds a lot more like the amateur and homegrown failed car bombing outside of a club in London in 07 or 08 than Al Qaeda or the Taliban. They used propane tanks as well.

Actually it sounds like a good design poorly done. the ingredients if ignited correctly would cause a rolling expanding fireball and pressure wave.

I keep saying this: As easy as it is to make a bomb (especially here in the USA) we have been very lucky the bombers have been stupid or incompetent.

Good thing we've been fighting them over there so they can't fight us over here!

Refresh my memory, Doc... how many combat soldiers did we have in Afghanistan in September of 2001?

It wasn't al queda. i have picked your site to announce that the Pennsylvania Chapter of The Affiliated Quilters and Knitters hereby claims responsibility for the foiled attempt. We're upset with yarn prices.

See how easy it is to claim responsibility for something you had nothing to do with?

anyway, I'll join in..... BLAME OBAMA!!!!!!!

We had no soldiers in Afghanistan in September 2001, we did, however, have quite a few in the Arabian peninsula. This, along with our support for Israel, is why we were attacked. There are no guarantees of course, but not meddling in their business would probably limit their meddling in ours.

"but not meddling in their business would probably limit their meddling in ours."

All those pesky non-Muslim citizens from Nigeria to the Indonesia who've been slaughtered must have had it coming. If only they'd been smart enough not to meddle in those poor jihadis' business, their heads might still be attached to their bodies.

Cute, but that's not what I was referring to. Actions that nations take have consequences. For example, we deposed Mossadegh in Iran and replaced him with the Shah, whose misrule was a primary cause of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the Iranian revolution. We backed the "Noble" Mujahideen against the Soviets and their native Marxist allies in Kabul, and you see how that turned out... You can see everything in terms of "the terr'ists hate our freedom", or you can be a rational thinking adult.

"but not meddling in their business would probably limit their meddling in ours."

Killing them is a bit more reliable.

Killing who, white men in their 40s?

"Cute, but that's not what I was referring to."

There's nothing cute about church burnings or little Asian schoolgirls getting mutilated for the crime of being Christian. I want to know, what did these people do to provoke their murders?

Sort of weird ... I was 6 blocks North when this happened.

I can't for the life of me figure out why you haven't been updating this breaking story of a clear attack by the Taliban upon the USA.

Don't worry, Jim, I'll make an update once they can provide more about the Pakistani-American and others suspected in this plot that the government agrees is an overseas plot.

Well that's kind of why I asked. You linked to the story about the video that now appears to not have been connected to the bomb, but haven't had anything to say about what's come out in the last two days.

I assume you're talking about the WaPo source for the foreign involvement story, but it seems to be pretty clear that it wasn't anything organized -- like the Taliban or AlQ. So why wait on that info after having posted that it was clearly Taliban days ago?

Better get cracking, CY. Otherwise, Jim will do...what, exactly? Hmm...

Otherwise I'll call him out for only being interested in an attempted bombing if the bomber is a foreigner or a lefty. When the rumor was that the guy was Taliban CY was all over the story, when the facts started pointing towards a "white 40-something American" CY started pushing other stories about rioting lefties. He linked to a Taliban video but couldn't find the time to link to the NYPD video of the suspect. Pretty lame use of the attempted murder of Americans if you ask me.

Wow... Jim done figured I was anglin' to racially profile a dad-gummed furnier! Why, i even dared post about somethin' other that that exact same topic!

How dare I not adhere to "Jim's Rules of How Other People Should Run Their Blogs!"

Listen, slick... I've got something in excess of 3,500 blog entries dating back to 2004. If you can find in there any occurance of where I stuck to one story or theme exclusively for days or weeks on end, without posting on anything else, then you might have a point... but you don't.

I posted the Long War Journal info because I know Bill a little and he is a solid source. If the pros are now backing off the authenticity of the video, fine. But opinions on that are mixed at best.

Right now all that has updated is that we have a vaguely caucasian man on video and another suspect in a video I haven't seen, neither of which really do much to advance the story at all... other than your apparent desire to find some sort of hidden meaning.

I'd also suggest you learn that caucasian does not mean "white."

But that fact wouldn't fit your agenda, would it?

The NYPD called the guy white, not Caucasian, as did Fox, Allahpundit, if you think they have an agenda take it up with them, Slick.

Having told us the bomb wasn't at all amateurish I'd think you have found all the amateurish details -- M88s, plain fertilizer in a gun locker -- newsworthy. But then again, you're not interested in any facts that don't support your guess. Almost like someone with an...agenda.

Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad has been arrested...

Initial police reports claimed was Caucasian, not white. Sorry. You're wrong again, Jim.

As for the device, it looks like he tried to improvise with the fertilizer, but depending on the precise configuration of device, claiming that fireworks--a stable ignition source--are the sign of an amateur simple means you know nothing of field expedient weapons.

Initial police reports? Where? Like I said, the NYPD, Fox and Allahpundit all used the word "White". Do you want or need me to supply all the links or can you be honest about at least that point?

And save me the blah blah about my knowledge of explosives. Have you seen ANY expert source, NYPD, FBI, heck a blogger you trust, who says THIS device was anything but amateur hour?

"Almost like someone with an...agenda. "

Because Jim's agenda is either non-existent or just-so self evidently right that it doesn't matter. Some agendas are more equal than others!

"You're wrong again, Jim."

Sssh - in jimbo's "mind" jihad-boy must be some rightie tea-party fellow with an elaborate Muslim disguise. I can almost hear the whimpering in progglodyte circles - one news anchor all but admitted that she was "disappointed" that the man turned out to be a Muslim. I wonder who she was hoping he'd be...?