Quantico Breach: A Terrorism Dry Run?
The White House remains mum over two foreign nationals, one on the U.S. terrorist watch list, who attempted to gain entry into Quantico.
On May 3, two men, one a Jordanian national, posing as Amazon delivery drivers sought entry to Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. After MPs at the gate, suspicious of their claims, ordered the two in their box truck to pull into a holding area for further review, they ignored the order and sought to drive into the base. The truck was quickly disabled and the two were detained.
This incident did not make national news until the end of last week. Why?
What has been reported thus far is that at least one of these men is a Jordanian national who illegally entered the U.S. via the southern border. Furthermore, one of these two is also on the U.S. terrorist watch list.
After being detained, they were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. No more information has been released to the public, and even the names of these individuals have been withheld.
Questions abound. Who are these two men? What business did they have on the base? Did they have any weapons? Was their truck a weapon? Was this a foiled terror attack or a dry run for a future attack?
Fox News’s Peter Doocy raised the incident with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, asking, “Does the White House believe this may have been a potential terror attack?”
Jean-Pierre’s answer amounted to a “no comment,” as she called it “a law enforcement matter” and refused to delve any further. This seems suspicious. Why is the White House so tight-lipped? There are a number of answers, none of them favorable to Joe Biden.
First of all, thanks to Biden’s de facto open border policy, an unknowable number of terrorists have entered the U.S. Since Biden took office, at least 340 individuals on the terror watchlist have been interdicted after crossing the border. Furthermore, at least eight of these individuals have been accidentally released by an overwhelmed Border Patrol. Clearly, the administration doesn’t want the media spotlight on a thwarted terrorist attack against a U.S. Marine Corps base by jihadists who gained entry into the U.S. thanks to Biden’s border malfeasance.
Second, since many Palestinians are Jordanian Arabs, it may be that these two are connected to Hamas directly or even Iran. Biden has been trying to placate the radical anti-Israel contingent of his base while also pledging support for Israel. Furthermore, Biden wants to bring into the U.S. a number of Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, a move that some are warning against, likening it to inviting the fox into the henhouse. This incident could derail those plans.
Third, the last thing Biden needs as he sinks further behind Donald Trump in the polls is news of an attempted terrorist attack on U.S. soil on his watch. One of the president’s primary duties is to safeguard the American people. Biden’s border malfeasance has done the opposite.
Even more troubling is that this latest incident is the fourth attempt by foreign nationals to forcibly gain entry to a U.S. military base since January 2023. And according to reporting last year from The Wall Street Journal, upwards of 100 Chinese nationals posing as tourists have sought entry to U.S. military bases over the last few years.
The question is not whether the enemy is within the gates; the question is how many are currently within them.
