Denial isn't just a river in Egypt

Doctors and psychologists say that the first step to recovery for an alcoholic or drug abuser is admitting they have a problem, if they don't do that first, the problem will continue and progressively get worse.

So it seems with other aspects of day to day life.

Nearly nine years after the September 11 attacks and the subsequent response in Iraq and Afghanistan, there have been twenty four failed or foiled attempts of terrorism in the United States.

December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe bomb on flight from Paris to Miami.

May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking radioactive-laced "dirty bomb" to use in an attack against America. Padilla was convicted of conspiracy in August, 2007.

September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin convicted of supporting Al Qaeda after attending jihadist camp in Pakistan. Five of six were from Lackawanna, N.Y.

May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with plotting to use blowtorches to collapse the Brooklyn Bridge.

June 2003, Virginia Jihad Network: Eleven men from Alexandria, Va., trained for jihad against American soldiers, convicted of violating the Neutrality Act, conspiracy.

August 2004, Dhiren Barot: Indian-born leader of terror cell plotted bombings on financial centers.

August 2004, James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj: Sought to plant bomb at New York's Penn Station during the Republican National Convention.

August 2004, Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain: Plotted to assassinate a Pakistani diplomat on American soil.

June 2005, Father and son Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat: Son convicted of attending terrorist training camp in Pakistan; father convicted of customs violation.

August 2005, Kevin James, Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson and Hammad Riaz Samana: Los Angeles homegrown terrorists who plotted to attack National Guard, LAX, two synagogues and Israeli consulate.

December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up natural gas refinery in Wyoming, the Transcontinental Pipeline, and a refinery in New Jersey. Reynolds was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

February 2006, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Zand Wassim Mazloum: Accused of providing material support to terrorists, making bombs for use in Iraq.

April 2006, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee: Cased and videotaped the Capitol and World Bank for a terrorist organization.

June 2006, Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augstine: Accused of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower.

July 2006, Assem Hammoud: Accused of plotting to bomb New York City train tunnels.

August 2006, Liquid Explosives Plot: Thwarted plot to explode ten airliners over the United States.

March 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Mastermind of Sept. 11 and author of numerous plots confessed in court in March 2007 to planning to destroy skyscrapers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Mohammedalso plotted to assassinate Pope John Paul II and former President Bill Clinton.

May 2007, Fort Dix Plot: Six men accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey. The plan included attacking and killing soldiers using assault rifles and grenades.

June 2007, JFK Plot: Four men are accused of plotting to blow up fuel arteries that run through residential neighborhoods at JFK Airport in New York.

September 2007, Islamic Jihad Union: German authorities disrupt a terrorist cell that was planning attacks on military installations and facilities used by Americans in Germany. The Germans arrested three suspected members of the Islamic Jihad Union, a group that has links to Al Qaeda and supports Al Qaeda's global jihadist agenda.

September 20, 2009, Najibullah Zazi: Authorities arrested a Denver-area airport shuttle driver, his father and another man late Saturday in connection with a suspected plot to launch a terrorist attack within the United States. On February 22, 2010, he pleaded guilty of conspiring to detonate explosives in the United States.

November 5, 2009, Major Nidal Malik Hasan: After entering a reception center at Fort Hood, Texas, he shot and killed 13 service members and civilian employees. He was shot by a Department of Defense police officer and paralyzed from the waist down.

December 25, 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab: A Muslim Nigerian citizen who attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253, en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan, on December 25, 2009.

May 1, 2010, Times Square, Faisal Shahzad: A naturalized Pakistani, authorities have arrested and charged him plotting to explode a massive car bomb in Times Square New York.

The attempted bombing in Times Square sent the state run, lamestream media into overdrive. Senator Charles Schumer stated that it was probably a "lone wolf". Mayor Bloomberg tried to link the attempt to someone with a "political agenda who doesn't like the health care bill or something." Janet Napolitano said that it was being treated as a "potential" terrorist attack and was probably an isolated incident.

And the state run, lamestream media went even further, absurdly. Contessa Brewer at MessNBC stated, "I get frustrated...There was part of me that was hoping this was not going to be anybody with ties to any kind of Islamic country." [audio]. The lunatic fringe bloggers at the Daily Kos took a poll shortly after the event was broadcasted showed that 32% felt it was a tea partier.

When you get down to it, the lamestream media was hoping that the events that took place in Times Square was going to have a Tea Party connection. Now that events have unfolded, will they start back tracking? Not likely, it doesn't fit their template.

All Muslims are not terrorists, but, most terrorists are. The average American gets it, yet many of our politicians and the lamestream media doesn't. Until they admit they have a problem with not recognizing that Muslim extremists want to kill American citizens, it will continue.

Our security agencies have to be right 100% of the time, a terrorist only has to be right once.