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Is it just me or did it cross anybody else's mind NK MIGHT be responsible ....

Who do you think is responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings?

  • Some individual(s) with Islamist roots

    Votes: 6 19.4%

  • Home-grown anti-government individual(s)

    Votes: 13 41.9%

  • North Korea

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 12 38.7%
  • Total voters
    31
Smeagol said:
...for the Boston Marathon Massacre? Not saying I'm sure about it but with all the smack they've been talking lately it did cross my mind.

I do think there's a 99% chance its either Islamist, domestic anti-government ala McVeigh since it was on Tax Day or North Korean.
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Nope, just you.

It will be domestic.
 
If I was to guess, I'd say the FBI photos of the suspects look like a couple of those foreign students that Kerry was complaining are scared to come to America because of the guns.
 
SMTA said:
Nope, just you.

It will be domestic.
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Possibly, but not quite sure. There are a few x variables here that kind of muddy the water, no claim leads away from Islamic extremists, but the bomb type leads in their direction. Lack of claim seems to point to domestic, but it was a civilian target which doesn't fit the domestic profile. It was Kim Il Song's birthday but NK wouldn't have done something that small scale, possibly a sympathizer. Something tells me lone wolf or a couple of rogues BUT even then one would think the target would be more specific.
 
LaMidRighter said:
Possibly, but not quite sure. There are a few x variables here that kind of muddy the water, no claim leads away from Islamic extremists, but the bomb type leads in their direction. Lack of claim seems to point to domestic, but it was a civilian target which doesn't fit the domestic profile. It was Kim Il Song's birthday but NK wouldn't have done something that small scale, possibly a sympathizer. Something tells me lone wolf or a couple of rogues BUT even then one would think the target would be more specific.
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I would be willing to bet you a Pepsi on this, LMR - are you in!? :mrgreen:
 
SMTA said:
I would be willing to bet you a Pepsi on this, LMR - are you in!? :mrgreen:
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No bet, too many variables. I think I'd have better odds at Three Card Monte. I keep going back to domestic myself, but then other variables keep pulling me in the other directions.
 
SMTA said:
I would be willing to bet you a Pepsi on this, LMR - are you in!? :mrgreen:
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Good afternoon, SMTA! :2wave:

Oh this is just too much!... you and LMR are at it again? Worth the price of admission... :lamo:
 
polgara said:
Good afternoon, SMTA! :2wave:

Oh this is just too much!... you and LMR are at it again? Worth the price of admission... :lamo:
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LMR is a great guy, and I was just pulling his chain a bit!

At this point, I hope that it is a question ot time before they are killed - um, I mean captured, fairly tried, and executed.

I fear that if they are lone wolf foreigners that there will be minimal recognition if they were smart enough to shy away from everybody while in the US for a short time.

I hope that I am wrong, and they are nailed quickly..
 
Smeagol said:
...for the Boston Marathon Massacre? Not saying I'm sure about it but with all the smack they've been talking lately it did cross my mind.

I do think there's a 99% chance its either Islamist, domestic anti-government ala McVeigh since it was on Tax Day or North Korean.
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Yeah, you and about half of facebook.
 
SMTA said:
LMR is a great guy, and I was just pulling his chain a bit!

At this point, I hope that it is a question ot time before they are killed - um, I mean captured, fairly tried, and executed.

I fear that if they are lone wolf foreigners that there will be minimal recognition if they were smart enough to shy away from everybody while in the US for a short time.

I hope that I am wrong, and they are nailed quickly..
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I know you were kidding with him. It's just that you guys made me laugh so hard the last time you went round and round...makes me homesick for some of the people on the last site I was on! :thumbs:
 
polgara said:
I know you were kidding with him. It's just that you guys made me laugh so hard the last time you went round and round...makes me homesick for some of the people on the last site I was on! :thumbs:
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Remember this:

While LMR is a good egg, I am smarter, funnier, better looking, and much, much more charming! :mrgreen:
 
SMTA said:
Remember this:

While LMR is a good egg, I am smarter, funnier, better looking, and much, much more charming! :mrgreen:
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LOL! :thumbs:
 
molten_dragon said:
Yeah, you and about half of facebook.
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I don't think it was NK and didn't even vote yet. It just crossed my mind for a hot minute.

Based on what's out at this point I think Al Qaeda inspired is the most likely culprit.

Earlier i did suspect NK might have offered (are offering) some level of support to Al Qaeda wannabes in consideration of the smack they're talking but still think its doubtful.
 
SMTA said:
Remember this:

While LMR is a good egg, I am smarter, funnier, better looking, and much, much more charming! :mrgreen:
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I'm just going to let that one go. :lamo
 
The guys in the photos released today by the FBI look like a couple of left wing extremist. Just a hunch but I'm thinking they are anarchist or occupy Wall Street types. If this is true Rachael Madcow is going to be highly disappointed.
 
I think NK being responsible is highly unlikely because it undermines their threat of using nuclear weapons and if there is any connection to be found between them and the attack, they are screwed.
 
roguenuke said:
I think NK being responsible is highly unlikely because it undermines their threat of using nuclear weapons and if there is any connection to be found between them and the attack, they are screwed.
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My thoughts are close. If there would be a connection to NK it would be a rogue actor, someone who would be sympathetic to the country, but considering they don't have a whole lot of sympathizers that is my last thought behind the attack.
 
Why on earth would you think that? Does that regime really need yet another excuse for the world community, including their allies, to dramatically punish them?
 
Smeagol said:
In my humble opinion all bets are off with respect to North Korean precedent since the guy calling the shots now has only been in charge for a year and seems far more volatile than his father. Plus he's been openly declaring his UNCONDITIONAL intentions to attack America without warning. Anybody else with nuclear weapons saying they fully intend to carry out attacks on America would be taken with the utmost seriousness especially considering he's already launched missiles without provocation on a residential neighborhood in South Korea under the argument that the island he attacked is part of North Korea but for some reason when it comes to North Korea some people act like we're supposed to think he's just kidding.
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It's the Party and the hardliners probably convincing him that bluster is still the most effective way to get what North Korea wants. There's no real logical reason why the Party would allow or encourage a thoughtless leader to endanger the entire State by actually acting in such a way.

If you want a completely different example, just look at Nikita Khrushchev.
 
Fiddytree said:
It's the Party and the hardliners probably convincing him that bluster is still the most effective way to get what North Korea wants. There's no real logical reason why the Party would allow or encourage a thoughtless leader to endanger the entire State by actually acting in such a way.

If you want a completely different example, just look at Nikita Khrushchev.
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Good point, something I didn't think of. If the party wasn't backing the rhetoric he'd end up in a shallow grave somewhere for potentially endangering the higher ups, not that they care about their citizens but they would want to save their own asses.
 
Smeagol said:
Turned out to be Chechen. Who woulda thunk?

Chechen people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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That's a huge surprise, Chechnya, Russia, Ukraine, and many of the other former soviet countries are on friendly terms with the U.S. this thing gets weirder and weirder. I have to wonder what made these two tick, they are a bit too young to be soviet communist sympathizers, and the U.S. hasn't done anything to harm Chechnya from my knowledge. This one is a head scratcher.
 
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