Am watching Fox and the coverage of the attack on the airport in Glasgow. Bad, but it could have been worse. I just now tuned in after being out with the family.
Anchoress Jamie Colby talking to Col David Hunt (1455 eastern), Col Hunt made the following comments… car bombings appear to be “moving West” as some have predicted, these attacks seem to have an amateurishness that does not indicate direct AQ involvement, but “the commitment is the scary part.”
No indications that the London and Glasgow incidents are connected, as in the work of the same group. Quite possible, and not surprising. In my opinion one of the enemy’s most dangerous COAs is the profusion of independent self-starters, commited to the cause but acting on their own initiative. I think this is still absolutely true. Capabilities improve with experience, but as Col Hunt said, the commitment is the pre-requisite. Once you’re commited to a course of action– truly committed– everything else is just planning, training and logistics. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and that works for good and for ill.
Those of you might scoff at the capabilities of self-starting amateur cells, I urge you to think again. Take a look at a book called See You In November. This is the story of how three men wrought serious damage on guerrilla organizations in Zambia (and on the Zambians themselves) on behalf of Rhodesia in the 1970s. Yes, two were ex-SAS men, but one was just a volunteer farmer, committed to a cause and a quick learner to boot. If they were aided by the incompetence of the Zambian authorities, well, that didn’t last forever. And don’t be too quick to laugh too hard. Our border security is nothing to be proud of, and we have who knows how many useful idiots ready and willing to hamstring our effort.
I personally think it’s only a matter of time before these sorts of attacks move yet farther West. We’ve already dodged a couple recently. You can bet that the cannier sorts of operatives have noted the mistakes of the Fort Dix Six and the Erie Seven and the JFK knuckleheads. I just hope we’re not in for See You In Ramadan.
I remember when two jerks put all of the D.C. area in a state of turmoil with a rifle sniping people going about their business.
It does not take a 767 slamming into a building to cause turmoil and terror. Imagine a couple of car bombs going off in a crowded mall, or one man with an AK47 walking thru a crowded shopping center.
I will return to cleanning my new Kimber classic .45 now.