A new threat...

 

 

"Did we just flinch at a head fake, or is this the real deal?"

 


Yesterday, we entered a new dimension which we have not seen before. No, not a new dimension of time and space like Rod Serling would talk about in a prologue to a Twilight Zone episode. Rather it is a new dimension of terror. And this one has teeth. It has already worked. What is that? The threat to unleash holy hell on any movie theater which shows the movie The Interview, by Sony Productions.

Whether this treat is real or a hoax, it has opened up a whole new front on the Terror War. This threat has caused some theaters to already cancel the showing of this film. If one theater succumbs to this threat by pulling the movie, it is already victory for terror. The irony of this issue is this - the advance screenings show this film to be yet another Hollywood "bomb". It is not that good, and chances are would not do well at the box office.

So what is the new threat with terror. Actually, it is more than one threat. Catching up the other day with recent episodes of On the Record (from Blaze TV), I saw an episode on the vast amounts of bio weapons the Russians have made in the past. Tons on them. Bio weapons that could make their way into the black market for nefarious use by terrorists. Weapons that would be a source of cash to a cashed strapped Russian due to the bottoming out of the oil market.

As if we needed another example of the bloodthirsty nature of the terrorists, what happened in Pakistan yesterday shocked even the most stoic. Whether the threats come in from a renegade regime like North Korea, or a stateless source like ISIL, they are all the same. The threats are real and growing. Our way of life is a target. The West is a target. If we cannot get a handle on these threats and take them seriously, soon just going to a movie, a sporting event, or even to church, might be a target of opportunity for any terrorist in any neighborhood.

One thing I have learned in my past is this - what is disclosed in the press for the public to see, and what is disclosed in daily intelligence briefings for the President, are not the same. My supposition is this - if we knew the true nature of the threat(s), the same information the President is briefed on, none of us would be able to sleep much.

Having our borders as open as they are makes as much sense as the Titanic speeding along the North Atlantic in an ice flow. Both are risks that most likely will not end well. Just as the good people of Sydney are shocked and angry today this could happen in their peaceful city, so shall we be. As said in the movie The Matrix - "Welcome to the real world." And this real world is fraught with danger from a growing menace.