Source: Boston bomb suspect says brother was brains behind attack

[brett_jv]

46. Well, granted it's 'obvious' excuse ...

But just because it's obvious doesn't make it by definition 'false'.

From all I've read about both these dudes in the last week, I very quickly formed the opinion that it's very likely the older brother was the driving force/instigator of the plot.

From top to bottom, all the facts we know about them so far point to this most likely being the case. When you add on the fact of just simple human nature, wherein boys that are much younger than their older brothers tend to look up their 'big bro' and want their 'approval', often throughout their lives, let alone when they're only 19 years old ... it becomes quite easy to believe.

I'm in no excusing this scumbag, nor do I think it's going to prove 'relevant' to his eventual sentencing, but I ZERO trouble believing this particular story. Research their backstory and things people who know them have said about them, even just a little bit, and you'll discover why I suspect this is true.