Glob-a-log

People who take this whole ‘War on Terror’ business seriously might sometimes worry that the leader of the knights in shining armour can’t even demolish a pretzel without doing himself an injury.

Well, as the following story shows, they shouldn’t worry too much about the mental capacities of the leader of the free world: The forces of evil seem to match him quite easily in the ‘I’m with stupid’ category:

A former English teacher today pleaded guilty to threatening to blow up the Bluewater shopping centre. Saeed Ghafoor said he was going to bomb Europe’s largest shopping complex using three limousines filled with gas canister explosives.

But when questioned about his plot, the 33-year-old, of Southampton, did not appear to know where the shopping centre was, the Old Bailey heard. When told it was near the Dartford tunnel in Kent rather than in Exeter, as he had thought, Ghafoor, a Muslim, said he had not “finalised” his plans, the court was told.

Quite.

I don’t approve of terrorism but I have to admit that I’m glad mister Saeed Ghafoor decided on this career change. Not only should we welcome any wannabe bomber who can’t even locate his target but it must truly come as a relief that this psychopathic dunderhead no longer teaches English.

Hm, now that I think of it, when you look at the quality of our educational system these days, you have to wonder how many more Saeed Ghafoors are employed in our schools. I’m not saying all of our (English) teachers are potential terrorists, of course, but I wouldn’t be surprised if half of them couldn’t find their local supermarket if their weekly rate of fish fingers (or the glory of Allah) depended on it.

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