"The Next American Terrorist" Topic

"For decades, America's primary terrorist threat came from groups based abroad. Today, a new crop of terrorist actors is emerging from within our own borders. What was mostly a monochromatic threat from Salafi-jihadist groups like al-Qaeda, the Islamic State (IS), and those individuals they sought to inspire, has now become a kaleidoscope with new threats from "boogaloo bois," white supremacists, neo-Nazis, shadowy anarchist elements, and the extreme fringe of violent incels—politicized involuntary celibates fueled by a hatred of women.

Although diverse and for the most part unconnected to each other, this often bewildering array of anti-government extremists, violent misogynists, and left-wing militants share a common objective of disrupting society and in the process, overturning existing norms if not the entire political, social and economic order.

Unlike the identifiable threats we have faced from hierarchically-organized, groups like al-Qaeda and IS, the new emerging groups of individuals are devoid of the command-and-control apparatuses that counterterrorism practitioners typically seek to disrupt. Command and control is the mechanism by which terrorist groups plan, coordinate, and execute attacks and is a key component of the group's organizational structure. For the past two decades, the United States has relentlessly targeted the leaders of terrorist groups with decapitation strikes, which has disrupted their organization's infrastructure, and interdicted their finances. But this new collection of terrorist adversaries possesses few of the attributes that proved so vulnerable to counterterrorism actions…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Yes… frightening extremists that have Hawaiian shirts and shorts as their uniform…and a green frog as their mascot.
They suppressed the minority vote last election in Philly by distributing free weed and forties. They also burned the Jewish community center in White fish Montana.
Shudder….

Joe Collins

(smile)

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Armand

Of the 14 murders this year in the city I reside, none of suspects or victims were white. Matter of fact of all the years I was a deputy, never was a white guy wearing an Hawaiian shirt was ever even a suspect.

Yeah, people posting dank memes online are the same threat level as people who set cities on fire…
Seems legit.

You're seeing them on the streets almost daily/nightly on TV in various cities, closing down roads and freeways, threatening people in their homes and communities, tearing down statues, committing rampant arson and looting, and shooting law enforcement personnel.

They are home-grown, domestic terrorists, and many are adherents to Marxist ideology.

Glup!…

Amicalement
Armand