Thinking Out Loud
By
Gerard Meister
I find President Obama’s position on our
prospective interrogation techniques during his
tenure as Commander in Chief to be frighteningly
and dangerously naďve. It is delusional to think
that Islamic terrorists will be swayed by the
power of Obama’s messianic fervor or beguiled by
his “reaching out” to Muslim nations. To wit, here
is a hypothetical situation that our president
will likely have to face sooner than later.
An important American icon (probably a woman)
will be traveling somewhere and get led into trap,
ala Daniel Pearl. So let us set the following
hypothetical scenario:
While on a diplomatic mission to Jerusalem,
Hillary Clinton was abducted. Immediately
thereafter a set of demands were aired on al
Jazeera: -
1. All Islamic prisoners in American custody
are to be flown to a location in Somalia within 48
hours
- 2. Israel must issue a proclamation at the UN
abandoning plans to make Jerusalem its capital
within 48 hours
- 3. All Arab prisoners in Israel are to
released within 48 hours
- Further, the text of the terrorists’ demand
goes on, “FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF THESE
TERMS WILL FORCE US TO DECAPITATE OUR HOSTAGE!”
Within minutes of the airing the Mossad
delivers to the American Embassy a captured Hamas
operative, whom the Mossad claims was the man who
lured Mrs. Clinton into the ambush and that he
(most probably) knows where she is being held. The
operative has no rank, no serial number and not
less than a dozen aliases known to the Mossad, yet
the Israelis are not even sure of his real name.
So what should our president do? What do you
think he would do? Name, rank and serial number,
plus no loud music?
Farfetched? I wish I could believe that, but I
don’t. It’s only a matter of time before the
president’s mettle is tested by the Islamic
fanatics. And I hope, nay-I pray, that Obama will
then come to understand the full nature of our
enemy. Then, only then, and not until then will he
pass the test.
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