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Terrorist attack or not?
Terrorist attack or not?
LARRY KUDLOW: In a hair-raising number, the Pew Research Center reports on a new poll that as many as 1 in 4 young American Muslims condone suicide bombings against civilians, at least sometimes. This kind of home-grown radicalism is bloodcurdling scary, and we have got to dig in and get to the bottom of this story. Joining us: Steve Emerson, NBC terrorism analyst and author of Jihad, Incorporated: A Guide to Militant Islam in the United States; and Edina Lekovic, communications director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
Read more at: "New Poll on U.S. Muslim Youth" :: IPT in the News :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism
Delayed stress syndrome, as some of the media is reporting.
I am in the terrorist attack column.
If this had happened anywhere but here on US soil, on a military base, by military personnel, no one would even question if it was a terrorist attack.
Are you saying that because of the motivations behind his attack, it should be treated differently than if he were simply some crazy homeless guy who just went beserk?
I don't consider attacks on military targets to be terrorism.
I think some of this is going to depend on how you define "terrorism".
If you don't think targeting a military base in the middle of the USA is terrorism, then you won't think this was terrorism...I disagree, but set that aside.
It is certainly looking like his motivations were terroristic. That is, a hate or anger against the USA because he is muslim or middle-eastern, etc, and a desire to kill people because of it.
Did he act entirely alone, or were there people who supported/encouraged him or helped him plan his attack, etc? I don't think we know for sure yet, and even if the Gov finds out they may not tell us.
Can one man, acting alone, be a terrorist? I would say most definately.
Based on his actions and motivations, I would tend to classify this as terrorism, just as I classified the attack on the USS Cole as terrorism.
G.
I think some of this is going to depend on how you define "terrorism".
If you don't think targeting a military base in the middle of the USA is terrorism, then you won't think this was terrorism...I disagree, but set that aside.
It is certainly looking like his motivations were terroristic. That is, a hate or anger against the USA because he is muslim or middle-eastern, etc, and a desire to kill people because of it.
Did he act entirely alone, or were there people who supported/encouraged him or helped him plan his attack, etc? I don't think we know for sure yet, and even if the Gov finds out they may not tell us.
Can one man, acting alone, be a terrorist? I would say most definately.
Based on his actions and motivations, I would tend to classify this as terrorism, just as I classified the attack on the USS Cole as terrorism.
G.
Too early to tell for me, though currently leaning towards mass murder
Unless it comes out that he was tied to some kind of terrorist organization that helped to plan/encourage/assist/incite directly/etc with this attack, or it comes out that there's compelling evidence that he did this in hopes of sending some kind of political message or for some kind of political stand other than "I just don't want to go to Iraq".
Not to mention its specifically targeting the military instead of indiscriminately targeting civilians
I don't see mass shootings like this or columbine or the guy in the museum recently as "Terrorist" acts. I see it as mass murders.
Are you saying a lone nut job can't be a terrorist?
Think John Mohammad, the DC sniper.
Why do you consider an attack on a military base to be a terrorist act? Simply because it was committed by a Muslim in the name of Jihad doesn't make it so.I feel confident in calling this a terrorist act, preserving the slim possibility of an alternate explanation once the requisite train of dithering investigations is complete.
But I just have to say GO GIRL! to the badass civilian cop who gunned this guy down after being hit multiple times. Who knows how many lives she saved by risking her own?
:gunsmilie <-- needs boobs
That it occurred on a military base is irrelevant in my opinion. These were unarmed, non-combatants going about their daily business.Why do you consider an attack on a military base to be a terrorist act?
That it occurred on a military base is irrelevant in my opinion. These were unarmed, non-combatants going about their daily business.
Terrorist attack or not?
Are you saying a lone nut job can't be a terrorist?
Think John Mohammad, the DC sniper.