As I see it, there could be a few windows of opportunity here. For example, if President Obama was looking for an excuse to keep Club Gitmo open – because the status quo is much easier than taking any action that could result in a screw-up, given that they often return to the battlefield upon release – he should just tell leftists that Von Brunn will be in there propping up the walls. Until he comes up with an excuse the left finds sufficiently self-serving, they probably wouldn’t even mind if he’s pushed against a hollow wall, put in a room with caterpillars and ladybugs, or given an aggressive face-washing by a federal agent.
Some are having a hard time categorizing Von Brunn. That’s what happens when you try to foolishly rationalize insanity. One expert on CNN this week opined that a lone nut acting outside the context of any organized group effort isn’t a terrorist. “Loner” and “terrorist” aren’t mutually exclusive labels. Much of Islamic terrorism isn’t “organized”, in the mob sense, either. Osama Bin Laden isn’t Don Corleone. He just muses about how much he hates things, and any nutcase is free to pick up the ball and run with it.
What this expert should really have said is that while Von Brunn is indeed (allegedly) a terrorist, it’s not like he has any palatable leftist rationale for his actions. Such people will only become a problem when they find better excuses and give rise to the appropriate leftist make-work projects.
Rachel Marsden
Rachel Marsden is a columnist with Human Events Magazine, and Editor-In-Chief of GrandCentralPolitical News Syndicate.
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