It has been more than a day since the shooting started in San Bernadino. By now, things have become pretty clear. We know that the shooters were a devout Moslem and his similarly devout Moslem wife. We know that this couple were prepared with a large batch of pipe bombs that they built at home, thousands of rounds of ammunition, multiple guns, and military style gear. We know that Syed Farook, the husband, spent time on the internet watching videos and visiting other sites posted by ISIS and other Islamic terror groups. We know that when they went into the holiday party and began shooting, Farook and his wife left behind pipe bombs that fortunately failed to detonate. And we know that according to neighbors, Farook moved into his home a few months back and since then he frequently met at night in his garage with many other Middle Eastern looking men, the same garage where a search turned up the bomb making materials. In summary, we know that based upon all of this evidence, Farook and his wife were radical Islamic terrorists.
So why is it that the media refuses to accept the obvious? I just heard radio news reports from CBS about how police are "searching for a motive" in the shootings. That seemed bizarre to me, so I looked on line and found that at Yahoo News, the story line is that there is a possibility that the shooters might have "some connection" with "terrorism", but that police were still searching for more information. There's more stories like that in the media, but ARE THEY KIDDING??
I do not want the police or the media to jump to conclusions in these situations, but we're well past the point where anyone could accuse police of doing that. Farook is an Islamic terrorist; we need to admit that and get on with the search for those other men who came to his house to build bombs.
We also need to get serious about combatting the terror threat here at home. In Washington today, Josh Earnest, the presidential spokesman, actually told reporters that president Obama believes that passing stronger gun control legislation would reduce terrorism. You really cannot make this stuff up. Earnest really said this. It's sad that the USA faces such a serious and growing threat and we have an ideologically driven moron in the White House.
UPDATE: CNN is now reporting: “Farook was in touch over the phone and via social media with more than one international terrorism subject.” Even so, they are still searching for a motive.
So why is it that the media refuses to accept the obvious? I just heard radio news reports from CBS about how police are "searching for a motive" in the shootings. That seemed bizarre to me, so I looked on line and found that at Yahoo News, the story line is that there is a possibility that the shooters might have "some connection" with "terrorism", but that police were still searching for more information. There's more stories like that in the media, but ARE THEY KIDDING??
I do not want the police or the media to jump to conclusions in these situations, but we're well past the point where anyone could accuse police of doing that. Farook is an Islamic terrorist; we need to admit that and get on with the search for those other men who came to his house to build bombs.
We also need to get serious about combatting the terror threat here at home. In Washington today, Josh Earnest, the presidential spokesman, actually told reporters that president Obama believes that passing stronger gun control legislation would reduce terrorism. You really cannot make this stuff up. Earnest really said this. It's sad that the USA faces such a serious and growing threat and we have an ideologically driven moron in the White House.
UPDATE: CNN is now reporting: “Farook was in touch over the phone and via social media with more than one international terrorism subject.” Even so, they are still searching for a motive.
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