Daily Gut: The Consequences of Incompetence

So The FBI and NYPD busted a homegrown terror cell Wednesday – a group of four men who wanted to replace two Bronx synagogues with a crater.

(Thank God religion had nothing to do with it.)

It turns out that all the explosives they purchased were fake – supplied by agents pretending to be Al-Qaeda militants. Chuck Schumer called the group “relatively unsophisticated,” which I guess should make us happy.

But it pisses me off. Frankly, I don`t give a flying imam how incompetent a terrorist is. I don`t care if they couldn`t tell the difference between a Stinger and a stapler, the fact is – it`s dangerous and stupid to make light of their ultimate goals, simply because they didn’t reach them.

Chuck Schumer wasn`t doing that – thankfully, even he stressed the need for vigilance. And I admit the typical, dismissive attitude toward the threat of terror hasn`t happened just yet.

But it`s only been a day. Give it time, folks. Liberal journalists, dumbass comedians and left wing blogs have done this before. Whether it`s the group who tried to bomb Fort Dix, the creeps who wanted to decimate the Sears Tower, or that charmless shoe bomber – because all these losers fail, that`s somehow proof we`re just exaggerating the threat of militant Islam.

Sorry folks – I`d prefer not to have one of these plots be successful, and have a mall blown up, in order to prove that the terror threat is real. Especially since I`m a huge fan of Cinnabons (although that strudel goes straight to my hips.)

TONIGHT: Jim Norton, Carl Cameron, Liz Clayman and Father Jonathan!