Orange County Man Rises in Al Qaeda Ranks - Los Angeles Times

Orange County Man Rises in Al Qaeda Ranks - Los Angeles Times

Nothing like having a big shot in the Al Qaeda be from your own neighborhood...

Especially when your neighborhood is kind of a silly sunny place of surfers, hockey Ducks, baseball Angels, Mickey Mouse, Little Saigon, "The O.C.", The Crystal Cathedral... We have an airport we simply call "John Wayne"; Tiger Woods, as well as Steve Martin, is from here; celebrities/movie stars live in Newport and Laguna. A giant orange drops at midnight on our New Year's Eve. Our kids hang at "Knotts" and Disneyland. Or at the beach. We have a disportionate number of Olympic athletes, BTW.

Why turn to Al Qaeda?

Yeah, O.C. is about haves and have-nots. Yes, arguably, it's capitalism, as well as California, run amok. Yes, it leans to the right and is rather conservative. It's quite Christian - in both the best and worst ways. Home of the infamous "Minutemen." It's chock-full of illegal immigrants, BTW.

Orange County's a goofy, sunny (albeit smoggy) place.

But, I still don't get it. Not at all.

And, yes, the man's an American, which, considering his activity in Al Qaeda, makes him a traitor, I agree. He's an American who, sadly and unfortunately, has become an enemy of America.