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trumad

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22. You may be 100 percent correct.

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:29 PM

Dec 2015

If so---they were pretty shitty terrorists. Again---not to minimize what they did---but I really can't figure their end game with all the ammo---bombs, etc.

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I admit--I wasn't very accurate on my original speculation. Allow me to try again. [View all] trumad Dec 2015 OP

I'm leaning towards the altercation at the party SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2015 #1

They rented the SUV a few days before. TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2015 #2

I consider it the result of a country with more guns than people. randys1 Dec 2015 #5

Only dummies think guns make people want to kill others. pipoman Dec 2015 #7

I didnt say that, but are you calling me a dummie? randys1 Dec 2015 #8

Only if you believe guns cause people to want to kill others... pipoman Dec 2015 #10

I didnt say that and yes you are calling me a dummie randys1 Dec 2015 #11

Let's try my new ignore policy. trumad Dec 2015 #13

My heart is broken... pipoman Dec 2015 #17

I predict peeks. pintobean Dec 2015 #27

There are plenty of people I disagree with on forums...it's one reason I like them.. pipoman Dec 2015 #30

Well yeah, guns don't make people want to kill others. They give them the opportunity to. Rex Dec 2015 #37

There are many contributions to the problem pipoman Dec 2015 #39

Terrorist attack. hrmjustin Dec 2015 #3

still full of fail Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #4

No I am not... trumad Dec 2015 #19

They obviously planned to carry out additional attacks, but I think this was planned Yo_Mama Dec 2015 #35

Yup. You've been right on this. pintobean Dec 2015 #21

I agree mostly, except for the going home to get his wife part. He was said to have returned about ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #6

They left the house together first thing in the morning B2G Dec 2015 #16

At first reports I thought this was a postal event GusBob Dec 2015 #9

And destroying all their electronics the day before alcibiades_mystery Dec 2015 #15

You may be 100 percent correct. trumad Dec 2015 #22

It's a pretty consistent rule that unskilled bomb makers will make piss poor bombs alcibiades_mystery Dec 2015 #24

agreed. Additionally, I think they planned to get out alive so didn't stick around to kill more magical thyme Dec 2015 #38

They didn't drop the kid off anywhere B2G Dec 2015 #18

The reports I read said the left the kid with his mom earlier in the day GusBob Dec 2015 #23

According to her lawyer, she lived there. B2G Dec 2015 #26

Yes right GusBob Dec 2015 #28

I think he was accumulating his arsenal malaise Dec 2015 #12

i think it was more personal but still had to do with him being islamic extremist JI7 Dec 2015 #14

Both in that the religious extremists rockfordfile Dec 2015 #20

I agree Generic Other Dec 2015 #25

You might find these tweets from the NYT foreign affairs reporter interesting. octoberlib Dec 2015 #29

Americans radicalized by the obnoxious stupidity and ignorance of fellow Americans. sanatanadharma Dec 2015 #31

Makes me wonder about the incident at the party before 2naSalit Dec 2015 #32

They were planning a huge Jihadist attack, that is obvious. Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #33

I think you are still inaccurate. Yo_Mama Dec 2015 #34

I agree with the sequence idea but the tip to go to the Redlands house came from a coworker flamingdem Dec 2015 #40

The ID of the rented vehicle would probably have allowed the police to throw up a cordon Yo_Mama Dec 2015 #42

Dunno the entire media circus had me bewildered and then there is the baby. Rex Dec 2015 #36

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