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Ten years ago, on Dec. 24, 1999, a group of Pakistani men hijacked an Indian airbus, Flight IC-814. After forcing the plane to land in Afghanistan, the hijackers negotiated the release of three terrorists virtually unknown in the United States: Maulana Masood Azhar, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar.
And America slept.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright testified before Congress that she was "concerned about the fact that groups … involved in the recent hijacking of Indian Airlines 814 operate in Pakistan." She went on to explain that "we have been concerned about Pakistan's support for the...
When We Fail to Learn Our Lesson
"This Christmas Day incident was the SECOND terrorist incident directly in the United States on Obama's watch -- and the lazy son of a gun continues to play golf and basketball in Hawaii."
By this time in W's presidency, 3,000 Real Americans (you know, urban Americans) had died on US soil. But that brush had to be cleared. It just had to! Who else was gonna do it!