WAIT A SECOND, DON'T THEY KNOW THAT "THE ONE" HAS BEEN ELECTED? - AT 8:12 A.M. ET:  The Washington Post runs an extremely disturbing story, and warning, about an increase in terrorist recruitment, coinciding almost precisely with the coming of the Age of Obama. 

I'm confused.  I thought everyone was laying down their weapons and singing "Kumbaya."  I must have been watching MSNBC. 

The report:

BERLIN -- Midway through a propaganda video released last month by a group calling itself the German Taliban, a surprise guest made an appearance: a cleanshaven, muscular gunman sporting the alias Abu Ibrahim the American.

The gunman did not speak but wore military fatigues and waved his rifle as subtitles identified him as an American. The video contained a stream of threats against Germany if it did not withdraw its troops from the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan. Although the American's part in the film lasted only a few seconds, it has alarmed German and U.S. intelligence officials, who are still puzzling over his background, his real identity and how he became involved with the terrorist group.

U.S. and European counterterrorism officials say a rising number of Western recruits -- including Americans -- are traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan to attend paramilitary training camps. The flow of recruits has continued unabated, officials said, in spite of an intensified campaign over the past year by the CIA to eliminate al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders in drone missile attacks.

COMMENT:  The Western recruits can then return and fade into society, indistinguishable from other citizens.  They pose a severe danger because they're virtually impossible to detect.

Apparently, neither these recruits, nor the people who train them, have been influenced by the "new atmosphere" brought to Washington by Barack Obama.  Shock

October 19, 2009