Graham Claims Suspected Boston Bombers ‘On A Jihad Mission’
Source: TPM
SAHIL KAPUR 12:25 PM EDT, SATURDAY APRIL 20, 2013
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) claimed Saturday on Fox News that the captured Boston bombing suspect was motivated by radical Islam and on a "jihad mission." He urged the Obama administration to declare him an enemy combatant.
"They were on a jihad mission and the reason you want to capture a terrorist is to find out about what other terrorist are up to," Graham said, referring to suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was arrested Friday night, and his brother Tamarlan, who died Thursday in a shootout with police.
"Ask the people in Boston. Radical jihadists are trying to attack us here at home. Every day we face threats from radical Islamists and they are coming through our back yard and trying to radicalize American citizens," the senator said. "The reason we wanted to capture him alive is find out about the attack and find out who he trained with and what connections to ... terrorism."
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AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)typical repug : don't wait for facts , just make some ridiculous pronouncements to make political points with his fellow ignoramuses and get in the news .
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)He's Lindsey Graham, he knows everything! Just ask him.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)2Design
(9,099 posts)BethanyQuartz
(193 posts)He has what ragged bits remain firmly in his sites.
emulatorloo
(44,211 posts)so now he has latched on to this.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Lindsay's gotta keep the Obama hate strong or he won't remain in office for long. He's been there too long already, though, IMO.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)is an American citizen. The government can get more out of the suspect when his father gets here to America. And the family can find out what REALLY happened. What really happened is what Lindsay Graham is trying to prevent from becoming known in America. And he wants Obama to over react. He wants Americans to grow hatred.
caledesi
(11,903 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)that pretty much sums him up.......
Crowman1979
(3,844 posts)I believe there was a theory about that idea and the answer was: HELL NO!
How about we not play this game as the WOPR suggested?
John2
(2,730 posts)was I ended up laughing at this guy, who is a U.S. Senator and lawyer. Who is trying to condition whom? I guess they need to connect the dots, in order to prove they were sent here to kill people. They still have not found that link yet. I'm glad they took him alive and he will be questioned in a civilian open court. That restricts people like Lindsey from spinning his web.
Crowman1979
(3,844 posts)The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)sniffing asses to try to whip up hysteria and votes. What do I win?
really find this Graham trash and his ilk disgusting and racially hateful and motivated. They are racist americkkkan pigs and all I can do when I think about them or hear of anything they have to say is....
bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)If it were a jihad mission the perps
would have committed suicide by staying with the bombs
and/or
they would have had an escape plan and the means to
execute said plan
and/or
they might have disguised themselves all along.
It was kind of a shallow, one-off plan.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Those kids had "chump" written all over them from the start.
They had no operational security aside from working in secret with each other, did not effectively protect their identities, used bombs of improper and comparatively ineffective design and placement, continued publicly communicating after the ordeal, and then took off on a six-star Grand Theft Auto chase which, for all its bluster, resulted in the eventual death or capture of the perps.
They probably lasted longer at large than they would have as professionals simply because anti-terror agencies could not predict what they were going to do next--probably because the perpetrators themselves did not know what they were going to do next.
I like Juan Cole's observation that these kids were raised as secular former Soviet muslims. Their father appears not to be devout at all, but he was a hard-ass who rode his children relentlessly, according to reports. The whole thing looks like a "fuck you, Dad" scenario to me.
Those two brothers fell under the spell of some sort of radical religious leader or text, and apparently returned to Islam on their own, but they quite obviously had no training or oversight in the execution of their plan. It seems likely to me that the two of them cooked this stupid idea up entirely on their own, with minimal outside encouragement. They certainly executed it on their own, because if someone who knew what they were doing had any hand in this, it would have been far more bloody and tragic.
BadGimp
(4,020 posts)lastlib
(23,323 posts)(oh, wait......)
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Sorry, the drek he is pulling out is worse. No insult to shit intended.
The reason we wanted him alive is so he can stand trial for his crimes. That is the American way.
Something that Graham should know as a Senator.
What a fuckstick.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)You have lost your grip on reality.
bushisanidiot
(8,064 posts)Maybe he should just STFU, stop grandstanding as an arm chair general, and let the FBI do their job.
marshall
(6,665 posts)He's not calling it a jihad, which is as loaded a word as terrorist. The uncle says the older boy was "radicalized" by someone during his trip abroad.
LeftInTX
(25,607 posts)bomb abortion clinics, kill abortion providers, get involved with militia activities etc.
Cha
(297,805 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)broadcaster75201
(387 posts)nt
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)and never will be
GoldenOldie
(1,540 posts)still on their plates.....lack of gun controls and the resulting deaths, immigration reform, jobs, health care, immigration reform, voting rights, women's rights, etc., etc., etc.
The elected representatives jobs are protected as long as they have uniformed, ignorant, bigots electing them. The Grahams, McCain, McConnel etc., etc., etc., and use the tragedies and heartbreak of others to ignore the long time problems never solved. Much as a magician who uses slight of hand for his/her bag of tricks. Look, Look at the bright shiny object over here. They prosper and our Democracy disintegrates.
They do not study the laws they enact or fail to enact, nor do they write them. Even when they filibuster they do not not what they are truly filibustering. When they use corporations to write the laws which only protect themselves and use Congressional Staff to put it all together and coach our elected Representatives on what to say, we all get a "DO NOTHING CONGRESS," and "Taxation without representation."
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Supposed to be up against a tough and uphill battle next year in his primary?
I think that brings out the xenophobia and The Stupid out; not that he wasn't before but he vocalized it.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...hate this asshole.
markpkessinger
(8,409 posts). . . either Graham actually believes the shit he says (in which case he is a moron), or he is shamelessly attempting to use the tragedy of the marathon bombing as a platform for political grandstanding (in which case he is an asshole). Take your pick. (Personally, I go with number 2.)
yurbud
(39,405 posts)piss our pants and throw a hissy fit.
No Republican alive seems to remember Teddy Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)And he isn't going to be doing any talking, unless someone can get ahold of a working Ouija board.
But you never know, maybe the captured one does know something of value. I'm sure regular techniques will work on him though. I seriously doubt he's a hardcore type like the dude we waterboarded 168 times or whatever. A sandwich will probably go a long way.