I know what you're thinking. "Fox News jumped the shark? Please - they've been doing somersaults over hammerheads since October 8th 1996 (it took them 24 hours to get their bearings)". And you'd be right - but this is Special.
UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE: BREEDING GROUND FOR TERRORISM?
Based on the fact that a failed suicide bomber (failed both parts - still alive, and his bombs didn't go off in London) who attacked Glasgow Airport a couple of years ago was an NHS doctor, Fox reckons that there might be systemic reasons why National Healthcare is useful to terrorists.
I'm torn between laughing my head off, and almost admiring the audacity and brazenness of trying to prevent Universal Health Coverage on National Security grounds.
Europe has massive immigration from Muslim countries, and in the UK, particularly from the Indian sub-continent for historical reasons. The NHS can't train enough doctors becuase everyone (even non-EU citizens) gets unlimited health care. Therefore we import about a third of doctors and about half our nurses.
The fact that one doctor committed an attempted terrorist attack doesn't make this a problem. The idea that jihadists will be undertaking 6 years medical training to make it marginally easier to get past Immigration seems a little less than plausible to me.
That said, I think we should all take a moment to recognise the contribution that Fox News has made here - they have introduced a new meme and a new challenge:
What political stance can you most tenuously defend on National Security grounds?
Here's one to get you started:
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"Gay marriage isn't just wrong, Bill, it's a national security threat. For terrorists seeking to slip through our immigration services, marriage is a key means of evading Homeland Security. At the moment, each male terrorist who wants to get in this way needs a willing woman on the inside. By allowing that strict Muslim to marry a man, we're doubling the chances of him finding a willing patsy to help him enter the US and commit atrocities. Gay Marriage is essentially saying - anyone can come here with a sponsor of either gender, rather than just relying on women. In short, Gay Marriage is a threat to our National Security"
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Competition's open people - answers on a postcard, or in the comments
PS hat-tip to Dizzy Thinks for the video