Reply #2: Washington Times... that should tell you something right there.. [View All]

[progressivebydesign]

Because you're relatively new here, I'll let you know that the Moonie-owned Washington Times is basically a right-wing, Bush-bot, birdcage liner. Also, they own the UPI news service. Take most of what they write with a LARGE grain of salt.

That Annie Jacobsen piece was circulated around last week. There was a great Salon piece written by a pilot, that really puts her bizarre tale under scrutiny. If someone can link to that, I think you'd find it equally interesting.

While I have no doubt that terrorists are thinking of new ways to attack us, certainly as Bush's policies have made us a much more attractive target (sadly), I DO think these stories are over the top.

In that article you've posted, FIRST it said that the Syrian musicians had "one way tickets", then two paragraphs later, the officials confirmed that their "return flight checked out". The whole story is rather suspect, actually.