Delusions of Grandeur

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!


This isn't funny. I know it's not funny and I don't mean to diminish the gravity of the situation.

And I thank God with all my heart and soul that the plots for terrorist attacks against Canadians were foiled. I am so relieved that Canadian officials intercepted the communications that led to the arrests.

BUT, judging from the scope of their plans, these 17 militant Muslims apparently suffer from serious delusions of grandeur.

They are so extreme that they're laughable.

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) -- Some of the 17 Muslim men accused of plotting terror bombings in Canada also planned to storm Parliament, take hostages and behead the prime minister and other leaders, according to accusations revealed Tuesday by the lawyer for one of the suspects.

Authorities further allege that the suspect, Steven Vikash Chand, plotted to take over media outlets, including Canadian Broadcasting Corp., his attorney said after a brief hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice.

The militants' to-do list:

1. Bombings

2. Storm Parliament

3. Take hostages

4. Behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper

5. Behead other leaders

6. Take over media outlets, including CBC

Doesn't it seem like Steven Vikash Chand and his cohorts were planning on biting off a bit much than they could chew?

How did they think they were going to successfully overpower security and take the Prime Minister of Canada and other leaders hostage?

I mean, really.

Seventeen terrorists and whose army?

It would be impossible for Chand to achieve all of those goals.

The only conceivable way that I think they could have managed to carry out such a massive plan would have been with a superior weapon. If they had a dirty bomb or suitcase nuke, then I think it might have been possible to pull it off.

Otherwise, no way.

These terrorists are not only evil; they can be foolish and completely unrealistic.

The truly scary thing about these nutcases is that they are crazy enough to kill themselves in order to kill the "infidels." Yes, even the nice guy Canadians are on their hit list.

Without a radiological weapon of some sort, maybe they couldn't take Harper and other leaders hostage or take over the Canadian media, but they certainly could do a lot of damage and do a lot of killing.

I guess I shouldn't make light of the plans of Chand and his fellow twisted Muslims.

If anyone had told me that terrorists would succeed in causing the Twin Towers to disintegrate, killing thousands of innocent people in the process, I would have said it could never happen.