What do Chuck Norris and Somali pirates have in common? Read on.

Robert Kaplan has an alarmist oped on pirates in today’s NYTimes Week in Review section.

This sentence makes me cringe: “The big danger in out day is that pirates can potentially serve as a platform for terrorists.”

Reason No. 1 for cringe: He recounts in the first section of the article before this statement that pirates have existed throughout history; what he doesn’t say is “So has terrorism.” The world has managed to cope for thus long with both, Robert.

Reason No. 2 for cringe: ANYTHING can be POTENTIALLY be used as a platform for terrorists, like a hotel room 2 miles from the NSA (like the 9/11 attackers did), or like some crazy unstable psycho who was able to buy a weapon due to lack of smart gun control laws.

He also claims: “You can see how AQ might be studying them...[the pirates]' and then they might use their “...pirate techniques” AQ could also watch a Chuck Norris film and his techniques for their next terror attack. Glenn Beck, patriot numero uno, should really pick his friends more carefully. I personally think Chuck should be more discreet with his tactics; terrorists may be watching.

On that note, I hope all of you know about Chuck's new book, Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America. It's a must read.