Piers Akerman, the Bushfires, Arson and Terrorism

The fat owl of the remove, aka Piers Akerman, tastelessly nukes the fridge in his latest column, entitled Setting bush ablaze the act of a terrorist.

How's this for conflating the current tragedy in Victoria with Islamic terrorism?

Treating arson as terrorism should not be a huge leap, given that a group of Islamic extremists last year singled Australia out as a target for 'forest jihad' as a weapon of terror ...

A national study is needed and national action, if the nation is to meet the threat posed by a new wave of assassins.

Say no more.