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piercehawkeye45 · 11-18-2009, 06:16 PM

Its possible. But even if he was influenced by a terrorist group, unless there is a larger strategy behind the killings, I think it should still not be labeled as a terrorist attack. A terrorist attack is some aggressive behavior by a group trying to influence a society by the use of fear.

If he was trying to scare the military personal, it seems that he has miserably failed. The only success I see from this, from the terrorist perspective, is that many are now trying to discriminate against Muslims because of this, polarizing Muslims, and making them choose from being loyal to a society that treats them as second class citizens or fighting against them (that is Al Qaeda's grand stategy IMO). But that still is a massive stretch.

11-18-2009, 06:16 PM	#77
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Its possible. But even if he was influenced by a terrorist group, unless there is a larger strategy behind the killings, I think it should still not be labeled as a terrorist attack. A terrorist attack is some aggressive behavior by a group trying to influence a society by the use of fear. If he was trying to scare the military personal, it seems that he has miserably failed. The only success I see from this, from the terrorist perspective, is that many are now trying to discriminate against Muslims because of this, polarizing Muslims, and making them choose from being loyal to a society that treats them as second class citizens or fighting against them (that is Al Qaeda's grand stategy IMO). But that still is a massive stretch. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.