CBS' Lara Logan warns that Muslim jihadis are coming for us

By Greg Goodsell
10/9/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

Journalist says that Obama administration is lying to the public about jihadist threat

Lara Logan, correspondent for CBS' "60 Minutes," had a dire warning to offer about 1,100 influential people from government, politics, media and the legal and corporate arenas. Logan's ominous message was arrived at from her years of covering U.S. military involvement in the Middle East. Logan had arrived in Chicago shortly after her Sept. 30 report, "The Longest War," which examines the Afghanistan conflict.

Lara Logan maintains that the U.S. government is downplaying the strength of our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as a rationale of getting us out of the longest war.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Eleven years later after 9/11, Logan was on hand to say that "they" still hate us, now more than ever. The Taliban and al-Qaida have not been vanquished - and they're coming back.

"I chose this subject because, one, I can't stand, that there is a major lie being propagated . . ." Logan declared in her native South African accent. Quite contrary to what the White House says, America's military might has tamed the Taliban.

"There is this narrative coming out of Washington for the last two years," Logan said. She says this is because of "Taliban apologists," who claim "they are just the poor moderate, gentler, kinder Taliban," she added sarcastically. "It's such nonsense!"

Logan told of plowing through reams of documents, and interviewing John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan; Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and a Taliban commander trained by al-Qaida. The Taliban and al-Qaida are alive and well, teaming up and recruiting new terrorists to do us deadly harm, she reports.

Logan maintains that the U.S. government is downplaying the strength of our enemies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, as a rationale of getting us out of the longest war. Logan says that the U.S. public has been lulled into believing that the perils are in the past: "You're not listening to what the people who are fighting you say about this fight. In your arrogance, you think you write the script."

Logan even called for retribution for the recent terrorist killings of Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya, and three other officials. The event is a harbinger of our vulnerability, Logan says. She says that she hopes that America will "exact revenge and let the world know that the United States will not be attacked on its own soil. That its ambassadors will not be murdered, and that the United States will not stand by and do nothing about it."

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General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.
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Keywords: Lara Logan, Middle East, Taliban, jihad

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1 - 6 of 6 Comments

binoy
7 months ago
Atleast Bush went to war over the 2001 Sept 11 attacks, what has Obama done, except apologizing (for a dumb movie - which is a smokescreen) for the 2012 Sept 11 attacks???

When will the Americans realize they have an enemy at the highest Office - who now seeks relection????
DLL
7 months ago
The government that is currently in power is not "A Traditional American Government". This liberal,completely left wing government,is not good for American diplomacy. Our government is agenda driven. This Taliban situation is a political football. It is all about ending the war on some Obama promised time schedule. The issue of "terrorism" is a secondary issue. American lost lives in the conflict? They are pawns in this political game. It is all money and POLITICS. The Democratic Party is a left wing,politically driven,agenda party,a eugenics party,that wants control over the life affairs and financial situation of every American citizen. Foreign policy? It is any ones guess. Will the Taliban come again to our soil and create chaos? Lara Logan you have me thinking yes. A nation that has been calling prayer an evil for a very long time does not have a prayer against violence. That is my opinion. I agree with Mother Angelica of EWTN when she said,"Eucharistic Adoration could change the world"! Of coarse it has been a very long time since our Nation has been one of Faith in God. That to me is our nations greatest weakness. I make my comments on Catholic on Line because this website is what America Is all about. If there is such a thing as an "American Dream" then it is about being a true,just and moral,God fearing,society. When there is a compromise by our country in any of this it is pointed out fairly on Catholic on line and Catholic News Agency websites. You all do us a great service,I Thank You all.
Lindangel
7 months ago
Thank you Lara, for your honesty and for telling the truth. Our current president cannot speak out against his fellow muslims. Oh, yes he is a muslim!
abey
7 months ago
Even if it means to nothing, keep the buttons hot.
errol
7 months ago
A failure is often caused by not acting proactively. Before WWII, the Nazi has no capability to escalate the war, the allies has the capability of containing the emerging enemy but it didn't ... until it is already beyond their control. Sometimes, diplomacy is use a weapon, it delays prompt and necessary action.
jpj
7 months ago
Thank you Lara Logan, we have one honest person.

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