--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelson" <nelsonriddle2...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelson" <nelsonriddle2001@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "nelson" <nelsonriddle2001@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > > It hasn't been shown that he was part of any > > > > > > terrorist network. > > > > > > > > > > > snip, > > > > > Wouldn,t being a radical muslim- believer in suicide > > > > > bombers etc. qualify him? > > > > > > > > How would that qualify him as part of a terrorist network > > > > (as opposed to a lone-wolf freelancer)? > > > > > > > Aren't the suicide bombers and shooters all inspired by > > > the same basic beliefs to take such action? > > > > What would that have to do with whether he was part of > > a terrorist network? > > > Wouldn't a group, inspired by similiar ideals, be a network > like FF live here?
A terrorist network, in the common understanding, isn't just a group of people inspired by similar ideals; it's a structured group working together to plan and execute a terrorist attack or series of attacks. There's no evidence I know of that Hasan was part of such a group. There's no evidence he ever shared what he was planning with anybody else. FWIW, I can see him thinking of what he did as a sacrificial act. He'd been warning for quite some time of the dangers of forcing Muslims to fight other Muslims, but nobody seemed to be paying any attention. Maybe he figured if he shot a bunch of people, the military would recognize the threat and allow Muslim soldiers to be released from service in Iraq and Afghanistan before something even worse happened. Obviously that doesn't even remotely excuse what he did. But neither the standard terrorist profile nor the standard crazy-person-who-suddenly-snaps profile seems to me to fit him. So I wonder whether he isn't sui generis.
