Congratulations, Y'all managed to get under each other's skin and make each other say dumb shit.
Now knock off the bickering.
Attack the ideas or information, not the poster.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Shooting the messenger is bad, very bad.
Back in the bad old days, that's what kings used to do when they started losing their shit.
Don't lose your shit.
It makes you combat-ineffective.
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I see people managing to stumble around and find the "big picture" - whichever "big picture" they want to see - but unable to drill down to the finer details.
At least two out of the 3 attacks are confirmed to be Moslems. Yay. The problem is, they are the WRONG kind of Moslems. Both of those cases, the ODU shooter and the Mamdani bombers, have been linked to ISIS.
ISIS.
Therefore, nothing to do with the attacks on Iran. Definitely not Iranian sleeper cells. But Ninurta, how could one possibly know that? Because both ISIS and AQ affiliates have come out in public and on the record as being in support of the US strikes on Iran. As it turns out, they view the Iranian regime as being as illegitimate as the US does, just for different reasons. Their reasons are religious - they view Shi'ites as being "takfir", astray from the path of "true Islam", and therefore subject to summary execution.
There's probably a political element in there, too, which they just haven't mentioned... after all the Iranian Islamic "Republic" is in direct competition with the caliphate they want to resurrect. They can't both rule the entire world, so they find themselves at odds with one another.
The third attack, the synagogue driver, is still under investigation for affiliations. Since nothing has been release as to those affiliations, I have to fill in the blanks for myself until such time as they are. We know he was Lebanese. Lebanon is known for it's internal squabbling, but not for exporting terror. From that I surmise - but emphasize that I don't KNOW, and it's just a working theory - that he was probably Hezbollah, and therefore an Iranian proxy, if not an actual "sleeper". He attacked a synagogue, a precise target containing Jews. So, at this point, my best guess is Hezbollah / Iranian proxy. That's ONE out of THREE.
The other two attacks were both ISIS affiliates. They were likely just terrorists of opportunity, and using the backdrop of the Iran attacks as a sort of smoke screen. Neither of them targeted Jews, and neither of them targeted any segments of US government. So, not Iranian proxies. Just rando loons.
Why is this important?
It shows that America has more enemies than just Iran. it shows that attacks may come from ANY quarter, without warning. it shows that even random terrorists will use any smoke screens available to confuse people, and that confusion can and will lead to more random attacks.
Don't let them confuse you.
Be discriminating.
Not all Moslems are born alike, and not all Moslems want to kill you. The ones who do are more than happy to take advantage of your confusion...
... and that is dangerous. To you. Personally.
Don't allow it.
.
Now knock off the bickering.
Attack the ideas or information, not the poster.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Shooting the messenger is bad, very bad.
Back in the bad old days, that's what kings used to do when they started losing their shit.
Don't lose your shit.
It makes you combat-ineffective.
============================================================
I see people managing to stumble around and find the "big picture" - whichever "big picture" they want to see - but unable to drill down to the finer details.
At least two out of the 3 attacks are confirmed to be Moslems. Yay. The problem is, they are the WRONG kind of Moslems. Both of those cases, the ODU shooter and the Mamdani bombers, have been linked to ISIS.
ISIS.
Therefore, nothing to do with the attacks on Iran. Definitely not Iranian sleeper cells. But Ninurta, how could one possibly know that? Because both ISIS and AQ affiliates have come out in public and on the record as being in support of the US strikes on Iran. As it turns out, they view the Iranian regime as being as illegitimate as the US does, just for different reasons. Their reasons are religious - they view Shi'ites as being "takfir", astray from the path of "true Islam", and therefore subject to summary execution.
There's probably a political element in there, too, which they just haven't mentioned... after all the Iranian Islamic "Republic" is in direct competition with the caliphate they want to resurrect. They can't both rule the entire world, so they find themselves at odds with one another.
The third attack, the synagogue driver, is still under investigation for affiliations. Since nothing has been release as to those affiliations, I have to fill in the blanks for myself until such time as they are. We know he was Lebanese. Lebanon is known for it's internal squabbling, but not for exporting terror. From that I surmise - but emphasize that I don't KNOW, and it's just a working theory - that he was probably Hezbollah, and therefore an Iranian proxy, if not an actual "sleeper". He attacked a synagogue, a precise target containing Jews. So, at this point, my best guess is Hezbollah / Iranian proxy. That's ONE out of THREE.
The other two attacks were both ISIS affiliates. They were likely just terrorists of opportunity, and using the backdrop of the Iran attacks as a sort of smoke screen. Neither of them targeted Jews, and neither of them targeted any segments of US government. So, not Iranian proxies. Just rando loons.
Why is this important?
It shows that America has more enemies than just Iran. it shows that attacks may come from ANY quarter, without warning. it shows that even random terrorists will use any smoke screens available to confuse people, and that confusion can and will lead to more random attacks.
Don't let them confuse you.
Be discriminating.
Not all Moslems are born alike, and not all Moslems want to kill you. The ones who do are more than happy to take advantage of your confusion...
... and that is dangerous. To you. Personally.
Don't allow it.
.
“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake