Quote of the Day: The Times Square Terrorist

Here's a remark by a British commentator:

The fact that the man accused of planting a large bomb in Times Square almost made it out of the US and to safety in the Middle East shows that the Obama administration can’t get the most basic things right when confronted with a major terrorist incident.

The suspect, Faisal Shahzad, bought a ticket to Dubai under his own name, got on the plane, and was minutes from take-off before an alert customs agent looked over the flight manifest and spotted his name. This time we were fortunate that America’s number one terror suspect did not successfully flee the country. It also proves my long standing contention that we have plenty of dedicated and competent people in the war against terrorists — the gross incompetence only comes into play as one moves up the leadership chain.

On the last bit, you mean like this?

Might I add, for both this and the Christmas Day 2009 Pantybomber incident, we were lucky. But luck is not a counter-terrorism strategy.