Please explain to me how someone visiting a part of Russia from whence he

[malaise]

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came and where his father lived can be a red flag about anything.
Sure the Russians may have placed him on a list because of their war with the region but why would it raise any flag in the US?
This is Monday morning quarterbacking.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Some of the past week has been like reading Grimm's Fairytales.

or watching the Naked City...................there are many stories in the naked city - this has been one of them.

[malaise]

2. This one is mind-blowing

[cali]

3. The Russians purportedly alerted U.S. officials because

oh what he was posting on line.

[Poll_Blind]

4. I'd even say it's not MMQ at all but a process of trying to make facts fit a supposition.

I have seen evidence their visits were part of some nefarious scheme. The surviving bomber has admitted they acted alone. An article quoting sources in the investigation indicated that the authorities (based on what they know at this time) are inclined to believe them. The particular explosive device construction is one commonly used in Asia and can easily be found on the internet. And so on.

PB

[spanone]

5. silly, that's only a red flag cause democrats are in charge

[eissa]

6. For six months?

With a wife and newborn here? My husband is from Syria. He hadn't seen his family in about 16 years when he finally went back for a visit. He went for 3 weeks. Then again, unlike this monster, my husband has an actual job and a wife and kids he actually loves.

I work with plenty of people who are originally from abroad -- India, China, Greece, you name it. They all go back for visits. None for half-a-year, and none have returned with plans to cause others harm.

[MattBaggins]

7. Plenty of people will move back and forth

for long periods of time.

[malaise]

9. You do know that his father has a medical condition?

Being away from a wife and infant for a long time is a non-event - ask all the men and women in the military. What's more it's not as if he was working.

[eissa]

10. Serving in the military is hardly the same as

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taking a 6-month vacation. And why wasn't he working? Seriously, has this man ever held a job? Seems like he spent his days at the gym, or cheating on his wife. I truly do not believe that this animal was there helping his dad, not for six months. I don't know many first-time dads that would willingly leave their wife and newborn for that amount of time.

[treestar]

8. To the max

There are zillions of such people making such trips.

If he had gone to Afghanistan, it might be different.

[FarCenter]

11. The Russians requested the FBI check because they believed Tamerlan had become a radical Islamist

The Russians, like us, have been at war with Islamic terrorists for decades now.