I say Amen to the firing squad. But the calling BS on him acting "alone" is too hasty. The lone wolf idea of terrorism originated in the skinhead movement and shows up now in the violent anti-abortion movement like the Army of God. (Let me be clear that I am not taking political potshots here but being objective about tactics. Don't beleive me, read their material. If you think I'm politically biased, the Animal Liberation Front and Earth First adopted this tactic as well). The idea they came up with is that with modern intel and surveillance, organizing a group, even with a cell structure was too dangerous, you were just begging to be infiltrated or wiretapped. Instead, put forward a stream of extremist rhetoric, see who shows up and listens, and then provide vague ideas and hope for the best. Instead of an organization like Al Queada that pulled off 9-11 you will ideally get a bunch of Macveighs, or those idiots that burn SUV dealerships or housing developments. The feds are clueless because there is no there there. No leader, no organization doing anything overtly illegal, just people who cynically prey on the young, the dumb and the disenfranchised. I meant it when I compared the guy who shot the doctor and the guy who shot the soldiers. Same background, same MO of recruitment and the same straegy. Both useful idiots (like suicide bombers) to further someone elses political agenda. I want to be clear that is not in anyway intended to be a political post, its just an observation about what appears to be a new MO to terrorism.
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