This is What I'm Talking About

I don't know of anybody serious who's suggesting that the London plot was a fake. However, the reaction in the US has most certainly been one of exploitation. AmericaBlog has the story of the prism through which this White House views literally any event related to terror and national security:

"Weeks before September 11th, this is going to play big," said another White House official, who also spoke on condition of not being named, adding that some Democratic candidates won't "look as appealing" under the circumstances.

We already knew it was all politics with these people, but this certainly reinforces it. And it ought to be beyond the pale. Let's have a debate about tactics and strategies in the war on terror, by all means, but let's not use potentially tragic events to demonize and divide. Democrats did not seek to put bombs on planes. Democrats are not anti-security. It's offensive to suggest otherwise.

Nobody should be happy about terrorist attacks. Nobody should see a terror threat and muse about how it will play to the electorate. Doing so shows a grave disregard for national security, and in many ways human life.