Al-Qaida Plot Distraction Is Too Well-Timed For Obama

[Geee]

Investors Business Daily:

War On Terror: The way the White House has hyped a supposedly imminent al-Qaida plot, only one thing has to happen for President Obama to come off as a hero: nothing. It smells fishy.

 

It's not at the level of Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman cinematically fabricating a war with Albania to get the public's mind off a presidential sex scandal, as in David Mamet's 1997 black comedy "Wag the Dog," but the indefinite shutdown of 20 U.S. embassies in the Mideast and Africa after the announcement of a for-sure, impending terrorist mega-attack looks suspiciously gift-wrapped and well-timed.

 

For one thing, if we're on the eve of a possible "9/11 junior," what on earth is the president of the U.S. doing going on the Tonight Show for the umpteenth time?

 

Why is funny man Jay Leno the one who gets to ask Obama about al-Qaida, but he's too busy for queries without punch lines from the Washington press corps?

 

[Valin]

Daniel Pipes