Right-wing crackpot alert: Peter King says Iran-backed Hezbollah operatives ready to blow up America

Fear Mongerer in Chief: Rep. Peter King Hypes Alleged Hezbollah Presence in US


Representative Peter King (R-NY) knows of a new threat to US homeland security: the presence of “hundreds” of Iranian-backed Hezbollah operatives inside the US who could be used to commit terrorism.

King held a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing yesterday on “Iran, Hezbollah, and the Threat to the Homeland.”

“As Iran moves closer to nuclear weapons, and there is increasing concern over war between Iran and Israel, we must also focus on Iran’s secret operatives, and their number one terrorist proxy force, Hezbollah, which we know is in America,” said King.

It sounds alarming, but King’s hearing was more about stoking fear than about an actual threat. King has become the nation’s leading fear mongerer, holding hearings that solely focus on the threat of Islamist terrorism while ignoring the threat from, say, right-wing extremists. .................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/866051/fear_mongerer_in_chief%3A_rep._peter_king_hypes_alleged_hezbollah_presence_in_us/