It’s been a busy week for Disasters (Natural as well as Un-Natural) and now a Car Bomb in Times Square. It will be interesting to see where the investigation leads to who’s responsible - Foreign or Domestic Terrorist(s).
The police described a white guy in his mid forties changing his coat as he left the scene. Taliban wannabes claim responsibility- boy, somebody in a militia, or Tea party “hanger-on” (NOT- don’t get hostile- a real supporter of the base view) is going to get really ticked at their jumping the claim.
p.s. Thank You NYPD horse patrol officer who jumped in immediately to protect the public!!
That attack was amateurish, but the brief-bomber showed us that Al-Quaeda can be quite desperate and don’t seem to be the skilled masterminds they used to be. So the amateurism of that attack wasn’t against the Al-Qaeda hypothesis…
However, the guy ran away from the truck. He wanted to survive. Muslim fanatics want to die as they attack. For them, murder-suicide in the name of their religion is a spiritual experience.
I’m still sitting on the fence on that one.
I know, the Pakistani Talibans revendicated the attack. But maybe it was just to scare us. A fundamentalist group from the same kind revendicated the 2003 blackout!
Check the definition of “terrorist” beyond the “terririst” boogieman; their goal is not so much to kill as it is to scare, terrify.
radish, you shoulda said “funny” joke….
but Ayers? the first one to bring up Ayers losses all cred…
and…, those tourists also watch NASCAR for the crashes…
A short time ago on the local news there was something about the guy in Times Square who changed his shirt being someone who was a Naturalized citizen from Pakistan. Hmm…
My comment was removed. Nice. Bullwinkle calling a responsible American movement of Constitutional values a bunch of terrorists too stupid to get anything right still standing…please.
Whoever removed my comment is an anti-American opponent of free speech. I said nothing offensive. Only that it should be our first thought that the SUV bomb threat was based on Islamic fanaticism, which is because we are actually still involved in the “war on terror” last I checked.
Hey, Jade, where’s them Baptist terrorists that can so closely mirror jihadists? I’ll be waiting….
Jaedabee Premium Member about 14 years ago
“which is what every serious-minded person would think of first.”
Plenty of terrorists here of many faiths and creeds.http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0503/Pakistan-Taliban-claims-Times-Square-bomb-threatens-more.-How-credible
Experts on the Pakistani Taliban don’t think their claim to credit on the bombing is credible. Facts first.GJ_Jehosaphat about 14 years ago
It’s been a busy week for Disasters (Natural as well as Un-Natural) and now a Car Bomb in Times Square. It will be interesting to see where the investigation leads to who’s responsible - Foreign or Domestic Terrorist(s).
Dtroutma about 14 years ago
The police described a white guy in his mid forties changing his coat as he left the scene. Taliban wannabes claim responsibility- boy, somebody in a militia, or Tea party “hanger-on” (NOT- don’t get hostile- a real supporter of the base view) is going to get really ticked at their jumping the claim.
p.s. Thank You NYPD horse patrol officer who jumped in immediately to protect the public!!
CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 14 years ago
That attack was amateurish, but the brief-bomber showed us that Al-Quaeda can be quite desperate and don’t seem to be the skilled masterminds they used to be. So the amateurism of that attack wasn’t against the Al-Qaeda hypothesis…
However, the guy ran away from the truck. He wanted to survive. Muslim fanatics want to die as they attack. For them, murder-suicide in the name of their religion is a spiritual experience.
I’m still sitting on the fence on that one.
I know, the Pakistani Talibans revendicated the attack. But maybe it was just to scare us. A fundamentalist group from the same kind revendicated the 2003 blackout!
Check the definition of “terrorist” beyond the “terririst” boogieman; their goal is not so much to kill as it is to scare, terrify.
lonecat about 14 years ago
I think we should wait for some evidence before we decide who’s responsible for this (failed) attack.
treered about 14 years ago
radish, you shoulda said “funny” joke…. but Ayers? the first one to bring up Ayers losses all cred… and…, those tourists also watch NASCAR for the crashes…
rekam Premium Member about 14 years ago
A short time ago on the local news there was something about the guy in Times Square who changed his shirt being someone who was a Naturalized citizen from Pakistan. Hmm…
HabaneroBuck about 14 years ago
My comment was removed. Nice. Bullwinkle calling a responsible American movement of Constitutional values a bunch of terrorists too stupid to get anything right still standing…please.
Whoever removed my comment is an anti-American opponent of free speech. I said nothing offensive. Only that it should be our first thought that the SUV bomb threat was based on Islamic fanaticism, which is because we are actually still involved in the “war on terror” last I checked.
Hey, Jade, where’s them Baptist terrorists that can so closely mirror jihadists? I’ll be waiting….
FWIW, “Faisal Shahzad” was detained at JFK.