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Man Infected With Moonbatitis, Inspired By John Murtha
Posted by Raven on July 11th, 2007
A case of MOONBATitis gone MAD?
SCRANTON, Pa. – A man charged with trying to help al-Qaida blow up U.S. energy facilities described in chilling detail a plan to target a natural gas refinery and wrote that it would lead to “instant rebellion” by an American public disgusted over the Iraq war and the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
Michael C. Reynolds, 49, of Wilkes-Barre, is on trial here on federal charges of providing material support to terrorists. He was arrested in December 2005 after he tried to meet a purported al-Qaida contact near a hotel where he was staying in Pocatello, Idaho.
Homegrown terrorist for sure, right here.
Prosecutors on Tuesday displayed a series of computer messages between Reynolds and the contact, whom he knew from an Internet message board used by adherents of Osama bin Laden. The contact turned out to be a Montana judge who was working for the FBI.
Reynolds, who has pleaded not guilty, maintains that he was working as a private citizen to uncover terrorist plots and that his Internet communications were meant to ensnare a person he thought was a terrorist.
He wrote in one message that he had selected the Williams natural gas refinery in Opal, Wyo., “the largest refinery in the west,” as the first target. He said the refinery should be struck on Dec. 24, 2005, when presumably there would be less security.
“The site has no fences or security to speak of, 3 men would merely walk as they wished there and leave undetected. … Minimum forces, maximum damage,” he wrote, according to transcripts displayed to the jury.
We the people. We have the power to be vigilant and always watching our neighborhoods for suspicious activity. And we also have the power to turn against our own people, our family, friends and neighbors. Mr. Reynolds did just that- he turned on his own people.
What inspires people, American citizens, to do such harm?
Reynolds wrote it was an opportune time to strike, citing public disapproval of the Iraq war and President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina. “The fuel is here … He’ll be roasted on a spit,” wrote Reynolds, tacking on a news article that quoted U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., as calling for an immediate end to the war.
I doubt the Katrina events have much to do with this. But the war, and President Bush’s steadfast commitment to it, AND Murtha’s Cut and Run rhetoric had A LOT to do with this.
Imagine that. Murtha inspires a terrorist. An American one at that! He’s a traitor just like Reynolds is.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Gee, what are the chances Murtha will be brought up on charges? Funny how the press isn’t mentioning this — when they blame every single gun-related event on talk radio…
July 12th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Yea. And I’m sick to death of it all. Murtha is the biggest POS traitor this country has had in a LONG time. When is he due to retire anyway?