Did you see the poll in which 41% of the respondents said that the Orlando massacre was "a mass shooting attack" rather than "an attack by an Islamic terrorist"? Obviously, blaming Orlando on guns is not the view of just a few. Indeed, CBS News now calls Orlando "a mass shooting" rather than "a terrorist attack". But what is going on.
Let's review what happened.
1. A lone Moslem man spent a lot of time watching videos put out by ISIS and al Qaeda sources.
2. The same man went and bought weapons including guns, ammunition, and bomb making materials.
3. The guy told his wife that he would be a martyr for Islam.
4. The guy gathered his weapons and went to a gay club in Orlando.
5. Once inside, the guy shouted Allahhu Akhbar and commenced firing.
6. As the attack progressed, the guy had a batch of people who he held hostage and another batch holed up in another room of the club. At that point, the guy poster to Facebook that he was a jihadi fighter in the name of Islam. He called the local radio, TV and news outlets to make sure that they knew he was attacking and that he was doing it in the name of Islam. He even contacted the police to tell the 911 operator that he was a martyr for Islam.
7. The bomb vest that the guy was wearing never blew up so those who were killed were all shot.
So was this an attack by a radical Islamic terrorist? Of course it was. The terrorist was in the club killing people to make a point about Islam. He did it in the name of Islam. He contacted the media to make sure they all knew that he was doing this in the name of Islam. He used a gun, but this was as much an attack by ISIS and radical Islam as 9-11 was.
So how can it be that so many people (not a majority) view this as a mass shooting rather than an attack by a terrorist? Does the media and the Obama/Clinton/Democrat cabal really have the ability to set the terms of the narrative to the point that many people no longer perceive reality? It certainly seems that way. A discussion of gun control which is nothing more than Obama and Clinton's attempt to change the subject is actually being taken seriously by a sizeable minority of the population.
There are many different ways America can respond to a terror attack like this. That is a subject for discussion. It is suicidal, however, to simply define a terror attack as something else. That makes a repeat occurrence inevitable. How many more people must die just to help Hillary and Obama meet their political ambitions?
Let's review what happened.
1. A lone Moslem man spent a lot of time watching videos put out by ISIS and al Qaeda sources.
2. The same man went and bought weapons including guns, ammunition, and bomb making materials.
3. The guy told his wife that he would be a martyr for Islam.
4. The guy gathered his weapons and went to a gay club in Orlando.
5. Once inside, the guy shouted Allahhu Akhbar and commenced firing.
6. As the attack progressed, the guy had a batch of people who he held hostage and another batch holed up in another room of the club. At that point, the guy poster to Facebook that he was a jihadi fighter in the name of Islam. He called the local radio, TV and news outlets to make sure that they knew he was attacking and that he was doing it in the name of Islam. He even contacted the police to tell the 911 operator that he was a martyr for Islam.
7. The bomb vest that the guy was wearing never blew up so those who were killed were all shot.
So was this an attack by a radical Islamic terrorist? Of course it was. The terrorist was in the club killing people to make a point about Islam. He did it in the name of Islam. He contacted the media to make sure they all knew that he was doing this in the name of Islam. He used a gun, but this was as much an attack by ISIS and radical Islam as 9-11 was.
So how can it be that so many people (not a majority) view this as a mass shooting rather than an attack by a terrorist? Does the media and the Obama/Clinton/Democrat cabal really have the ability to set the terms of the narrative to the point that many people no longer perceive reality? It certainly seems that way. A discussion of gun control which is nothing more than Obama and Clinton's attempt to change the subject is actually being taken seriously by a sizeable minority of the population.
There are many different ways America can respond to a terror attack like this. That is a subject for discussion. It is suicidal, however, to simply define a terror attack as something else. That makes a repeat occurrence inevitable. How many more people must die just to help Hillary and Obama meet their political ambitions?
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