The January 6, 2001 attempted overthrow of the United States Capitol was just a continuation of conservative religious terrorists attacking the United States, trying to finish the job that was begun on September 11, 2001, only this time an inside job by DOMESTIC terrorists.
September 11 was a three-pronged attack against American life:
Our Economy: Two aircraft struck the World Trade Center in an attack against a potent symbol of our economy, but the Twin Towers represented only a tiny fraction of our whole economy.
Our Military: A third plane hit the Pentagon — an attack on our military, but it is heavily, heavily fortified and, in any case, like our economy, is widely dispersed at bases around the nation and the world.
Our Federal Government: The Fourth Plane — the one that heroic passengers brought down at Shanksville, Pennsylvania — was aimed by conservative religious terrorists at the United States Capitol building. Both houses of congress were in session that fall Tuesday.
The U.S. Capitol, with both houses of congress in session, was a heavily-concentrated center of government, with the Supreme Court building less than 300 feet away and the White House just a couple of miles down Pennsylvania Avenue. As on September 11, on January 6, both houses of congress were in session, trying to conduct a constitutionally-mandated pro-forma official counting and certification of the Electoral College results. It was not merely an attack on our Federal Government, but on the very process of our democratic elections and peaceful transfer of power.
As January 6 demonstrated, the Capitol building, open to the public and NOT heavily fortified, was a very vulnerable target. This was their “Reichstag moment,” but unlike Hitler in 1933, they failed. Or maybe it is more like their Munich beer putsch moment, when their first attempt failed, but later came back ten years later to succeed.
The January 6, 2001 attempted overthrow of the United States Capitol was just a continuation of conservative religious terrorists attacking the United States, trying to finish the job that was begun on September 11, 2001, only this time an inside job by DOMESTIC terrorists.
September 11 was a three-pronged attack against American life:
Our Economy: Two aircraft struck the World Trade Center in an attack against a potent symbol of our economy, but the Twin Towers represented only a tiny fraction of our whole economy.
Our Military: A third plane hit the Pentagon — an attack on our military, but it is heavily, heavily fortified and, in any case, like our economy, is widely dispersed at bases around the nation and the world.
Our Federal Government: The Fourth Plane — the one that heroic passengers brought down at Shanksville, Pennsylvania — was aimed by conservative religious terrorists at the United States Capitol building. Both houses of congress were in session that fall Tuesday.
The U.S. Capitol, with both houses of congress in session, was a heavily-concentrated center of government, with the Supreme Court building less than 300 feet away and the White House just a couple of miles down Pennsylvania Avenue. As on September 11, on January 6, both houses of congress were in session, trying to conduct a constitutionally-mandated pro-forma official counting and certification of the Electoral College results. It was not merely an attack on our Federal Government, but on the very process of our democratic elections and peaceful transfer of power.
As January 6 demonstrated, the Capitol building, open to the public and NOT heavily fortified, was a very vulnerable target. This was their “Reichstag moment,” but unlike Hitler in 1933, they failed. Or maybe it is more like their Munich beer putsch moment, when their first attempt failed, but later came back ten years later to succeed.