According to the morning news, the San Bernardino shooting is the 56th mass shooting in the US this year. The two shooters, who were both taken out by the police, were reportedly of Arab ancestry–one raised in the US & one in Saudi Arabia.
In Obama’s press conference today (his 17th about a mass shooting since 2009), he said neither local police nor the FBI (who are now handling the case) have a clue what the motive was. That did not restrain news commentators like George Stephenopoulos from suggesting it was terrorism related & had an “element of jihad.”
That leaves 55 other shootings this year where the “element of jihad” was not possibly involved.
According to the morning news, the San Bernardino shooting is the 56th mass shooting in the US this year. The two shooters, who were both taken out by the police, were reportedly of Arab ancestry–one raised in the US & one in Saudi Arabia.
In Obama’s press conference today (his 17th about a mass shooting since 2009), he said neither local police nor the FBI (who are now handling the case) have a clue what the motive was. That did not restrain news commentators like George Stephenopoulos from suggesting it was terrorism related & had an “element of jihad.”
That leaves 55 other shootings this year where the “element of jihad” was not possibly involved. Are Christians & other religions then shooting up this country?
Since the US & Saudi Arabia have been allies in several monstrous wars beginning in 1990 from Iraq to Yemen to Syria, a compelling case could be made that those regimes are directly implicated when individuals in those countries resort to mass murder. Monkey see, monkey do writ large.
Since the US & Saudi Arabia have been allies in several monstrous wars beginning in 1990 from Iraq to Yemen to Syria, a compelling case could be made that those regimes are directly implicated when individuals in those countries resort to mass murder. Monkey see, monkey do writ large.