Grant Lawrence writes:
"I am not one that sees conspiracies everywhere, but I do like a good Convenience Theory. Like the one that is coming together out of the botched terror attempt by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up an airliner in Detroit just as it was arriving.
For the last couple of months Saudi Arabia has been bombarding Yemen with fighter jets. Just recently the US sent cruise missles into Yemen in a reported attempt to hit Al Qaeda sites. Also, US fighter jets joined the attacks on Yemen. In return, Al Qaeda reportedly issued a warning that it would avenge US raids.
Now it appears that the Detroit bound Airline Terrorist Suspect from Nigeria has supposed links to Yemen. Or at least the suspect is supposedly saying his bomb was made in Yemen.
Well just when America needs a good excuse to attack Yemen, conveniently we have one...
Still there is one other point I want to mention regarding my Convenience Theory of the Nigerian/Yemeni airliner bombing incident.Parts of the Patriot Act are due to expire this New Years Eve.
Now talk about a real convenience.
Just as controversial aspects of the Patriot Act are expiring, and there is not a lot of political will to extend them, you get a real terrorist attempt with links to Yemen.
How convenient!"
From OpEd News: Detroit Airliner Terror Incident: A Convenience Theory
Actually, I think it was a plot to really kill Jimmy Hoffa, who has been hiding out from the mob in Detroit for the last 40-something years. The bomber, though, got so excited, he couldn't contain himself, so he tried to touch it off, kind of like getting into the Christmas presents early.