The anti-war, anti-reality crowd would have you believe there's no threat from terrorism. Apparently, 9/11 was a fluke. Or, if you really hang around in the paint fumes for a while, it was a controlled demolition. Either way, the terrorist threat doesn't exist.

Clearly, then, these plots weren't foiled:

• December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami.

• May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking "dirty bomb," convicted of conspiracy.

• September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin convicted of supporting Al Qaeda. Five of six were from Lackawanna, N.Y.

• May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with trying to topple the Brooklyn Bridge.

And neither were the rest.

Good thing, too - because if all of these threats were stopped in six years, the possibility of having a Democrat in the White House would be really scary.

Labels: politics, terrorism