Imagine that: home-grown mass murders in America!

WEEKEND JOURNAL: "Homeland Insecurity: The U.S. is facing rising terror threats from its own citizens," by Daniel Byman, Wall Street Journal, 12-13 December 2009.

The trick for any terrorist movement in the U.S. is rising above the noise of normally occurring mass murder in this country.

Of course, the experts tell us we'll go all wobbly once these dastardly types score another big one. Didn't happen after 9/11, but it is certain to happen next time!

Still, somehow we continue processing all these mass-murder explosions no different from Fort Hood. If the guy isn't Muslim, little note would have been taken, quite frankly.

That's how used to it we are, and how much we love our weaponry.

Said it a million times: we are an ultra-violent society. The Occidentalism of the Salafists is severely misguided. We are anything but wimpy momma's boys. We can't wait to kill, so we're the wrong society to pick a long war with.

Comments

[Joe Michels]

Tom, after reading your comments, I thought the article was going to be about radical skink heads, or right-wing red-necks, crazed Catholics or perhaps anti-social Atheists. instead it was the same old story about followers of a particular religion, who are trying to inflict acts of terror.

I agree, that if a group "home grown" enemies of America with an agenda, pull off a big incident, the will likely learn the should not have picked a fight with Americans. Until then, we will keep taking our small hits; continue to call them acts of "mad-men, because they can be disguised by acts of true mad-men.

[historyguy99]

You are totally spot-on in your analysis of our our ultra-violent society traits.

Leave America along and she will continue to keep her violent outbursts contained within her borders. But, a review of wars with outsiders reveal a nation willing to match the best of Ghengis Khan or the Spartans, when it comes to destroying those who seek harm.

The Salafists knocked down two buildings and the U.S. took down two countries in a fit of "tit for tat." Regardless of problems that brought about, I believe an even more dastardly attack would unleash an even more unbelivable response.

[Petrer]

Were are not a "ultra-violent" society, we are a paradoxically violent society! We are the same vicious bastards, that in Obama's nobel prize speech words, "underwritten" globalization's success with our brilliant military, Constitution, and ingenuity.

I mean, C'mon, WTF! We lay two atom bombs on Japan and then we HELP them afterwards...talk about tough love!

As a side note, all "gun free" zones are actually free range zones for these murderers....asinine...it's a military base for crying out loud.

"Gun control" followers can't hold a candle to reality. I'm for licensing and background checks, but criminals don't follow gun laws, and ONLY the crooks in the inner cities have the guns!...besides the cops...who everyone apparently hates.

[rkka]

"The Salafists knocked down two buildings and the U.S. took down two countries in a fit of "tit for tat." Regardless of problems that brought about, I believe an even more dastardly attack would unleash an even more unbelivable response."

And that is exactly what the perps wanted. One of those countries, you see, had nothin' to do with it, and as a bonus it has roped us into trying to "develop" Afghanistan.

Oops, there goes another terabuck borrowed from China...

[Tom Barnett]

I see the frontier origins of our country as the main reason for our fascination with/ties to personal weaponry. It is a strong aspect of our DNA, and I don't expect it to go away any time soon.

Bad? Certainly a burden.

But "paradoxical" is a good term to apply here.