My heart goes out the survivors of the New Orleans terror attack last night.
 

I could easily have been in that crowd last night if my circumstances were a little different. I found New Orleans very interesting when I was there the Summer of 1991 for about a week. And do plan to go back at some time.

After watching the press conference it does look like someone should have prepared a little better for New Years' Eve in New Orleans. There are some really dangerous people out there who will plan for various contingencies like how to get around roadblocks.

Thoughts and Prayers to all the victims and their families ������������

Well said.

There seem to be co-conspirators involved for a much wider attack. We should up our vigilance here in the Villages as well.

The Daily Mail? Seriously?

Also - that "article" neglects to mention that the guy didn't merely grow up in Texas. He was born there. A born and raised Texan. Not an immigrant, not an anchor baby.

I watched as a librarian friend from the U of Denver Graduate School of Librarianship and Information became radicalized when he returned to Mosul, Iraq around 1985. We had to stop writing one another as it got too hard to not offend. This was during the Iran-Iraq War. He was an older family man as far as I know but wanted to go and fight. I doubt if he did though. And the library he worked at was gutted by rabid religious fanatics when they took over Mosul in 2015. Or parts of Mosul.

My heart goes out to the ones that didn't survive.

There are plenty of US citizens who are ISIS sympathizers...

He had an ISIS flag in his truck...

Isn't there a term for people like him? "Home Grown Terrorists"?

The term is “treasonous.”

I don't like how United States veterans are being portrayed as domestic terrorists.

If the cap fits..........................! :shrug:

I don’t either but through history some have tainted veterans.

If some that got drafted could have mental problems chip on the shoulder that festered being forced to do something they wanted no part of, add in stress of war festered for years. Usually extreme circumstances turns some to military with skeletons hiding that can’t be found while in service or come out while in service. Veterans are no different mentally than rest of society where demons lurk in very small percentage. Then add stress being in military for certain career field it can complicate mental stress and flow over top for some? Nearly everybody that’s been shot at and around bombardment will most likely ever be normal like it was before.

Hand full compared to indoctrinated radicals.

Yeah it's referred to in more casual terms as "home grown terrorism."
But its legal term, via the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and Public Law 116-92, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, is "domestic terrorism."

One might also call it "the enemy within."

I don't like how some domestic terrorists are also US veterans. I also don't like how some people would rather just dismiss the fact that some domestic terrorists are veterans, in order to pretend that it's not happening - which would result in it continuing to happen over and over again.

If you find a problem - and don't fix it, and pretend the problem doesn't even exists, it's your own fault if the problem becomes an unfixable disaster.

I never said otherwise.

Remember this one? Nidal Hasan - Wikipedia

Looks like he had serious mental health problems. Often the case with these mass murderers.

The US needs to allocate MORE money to military and civilian mental health or else these tragedies will continue.

I like how New Orleans people are focusing on the victims of this despicable act of terrorism rather than on terrorist who committed it. Often in past times the victims/survivors get lost in the media spotlight when they focus so much on the criminals who committed the crimes and their capture/trial/execution, etc.


On another note, most victims/survivors of crimes may have had a mental health problems and are getting better despite of those challenges.

What I am trying to emphasize is that mentally ill people are usually the victims/survivors of crimes and not those who commit them.


Evil thrives when good people say nothing. The man who committed those heinous acts in New Orleans is evil.

No one said, nor suggested that all or most veterans were being labeled as such..

These two terrorists most certainly fit the bill, regardless of their former or current military standing...

My Google works just as well as yours. But sure, call them "domestic terrorists" if it makes you feel better...

To prevent problems like the safety failures on Bourbon Street it does seem like a access to information should be more open and not limited to a few people.

More educated and connected people getting involved, not fewer.