TERROR WARNING – AT 10:36 A.M. ET:   The mess in the Mideast is affecting our security at home, according to Homeland Security.  From CNS:

(CNSNews.com) - Syria has become a matter of homeland security, and we're very concerned about Syria foreign fighters, people who are going into Syria, being recruited by extremists there," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in an interview that aired Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

Johnson, worried that fighters trained in Syria could travel to Europe and even the United States, said the U.S. is "working together" with European governments to share information that could help track potential terrorists returning from Syria.

Asked if some of those individuals have been in the U.S., Johnson said, "We are continually monitoring the situation, and we are concerned, yes."

(Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, also has identified Syria as the "largest and most significant threat" to U.S. security.)

Johnson said other terrorist threats include Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula; and the "lone wolf, the independent actor," such as those who set off bombs at the Boston Marathon.

COMMENT:  Syria is becoming a great incubator for terrorist movements.  In addition, and one subject that is not discussed enough, is the increasing proliferation of high technology, including high-tech weaponry.  We still aren't sure where thousands of Libyan small surface-to-air missile systems have gone.  Just one launcher can bring down an airliner, and send a shock through the international airline system. 

The war on terror is far from over, but I wonder if, 13 years after the 9-11 attacks, we have lost the will to fight it.

April 28, 2014