I think the administration should be treating todays crash as a terrorist attack.

[brewens]

We are just lucky it wasn't as bad as Oklahoma City. We face a threat from home grown terrorists that is almost as dangerous as Al Qaeda. Tim McVeigh proved that. No telling what militia freaks or Tea Klux Klaners will do.

[Xipe Totec]

1. To what end?

What is the message?

[spiritual_gunfighter]

2. Neil Cavuto agrees with you n/t

[brewens]

14. Cavuto is jumping the gun. He wants it to be seen like the kind of

successful terrorist attack we had on 9/11 happened on Obama's watch. It won't play that way if it's an angry white trash Tea klux Klanner.

[Cleita]

3. I agree because he targeted a government office. Now his terrorist cell may

be his alone, by himself, but he could inspire copy cat events. Also, if he is in fact traced to the teabaggers then he does have ties to a cultish hate group.

[JackRiddler]

5. So what will you say if he turns out to be a registered Democrat?

The attempts to pin this guy's act on one's choice of political opposition are disgusting.

[Cleita]

10. That means nothing.

I knew members of the Aryan Nation Church who were registered voters, not Democrats, but you can't paint all Republicans and Independents as terrorists either. Yet the Aryan Nations are a very subversive group and I believe McVeigh had ties to them. When any of their members have committed acts of violence, like when one of them shot up a bunch of kids at a day care center in a Jewish community center, law enforcement considered it a terrorist attack and brought in the feds. It turns out that the day care center was run by a Christian church that used the facilities, but when the perpetrator did his deed he thought he was killing Jews.

[brewens]

13. Boy, would I like to be able to put some money on that one!

What are the odds? If he's a registered voter at all anyway. If he votes I would put a stack on him voting Republican. Flat Assed, Stone Cold, Lead Pipe Cinch!!

[NoPasaran]

7. I don't know if he's a teabagger per se

But I've got a ten dollar bill that says his vehicle has a Ron Paul bumpersticker.

[spanone]

4. yea, let's attack texas

stupid is everywhere

[DJ13]

6. There is nothing good that could come from using this to try & scare people

[JackRiddler]

8. They probably would be if he was Muslim.

As you know, when a Nigerian gets on a plane in Belgium (without a passport) and tries to blow it up on the way to Detroit, the only logical response is to bomb Yemen.

[DevonRex]

20. They didn't treat the Ft. Hood attack as a terrorist attack. He's Muslim.

So that argument failed.

[JackRiddler]

23. They couldn't afford to with that one.

Because it was so obviously an act of military mutiny. They wanted that one to just go away.

Point is, sorting out "terrorists" from "insane loners" is done by political criteria. Actions by Muslims are usually "terrorist."

Do you doubt if a Muslim had done THIS - FLY A PLANE INTO A GOVERNMENT BUILDING!!! - it would be attributed to Muslim extremist ideology and called terrorist?

[Wizard777]

9. America has a hard time seeing Americans as Domestic Enemies. Unless they use drugs. Then it's WAR!

In that "war" against drug users Genocide is not only an option. It's a goal. To create a world where drug users are Extinct. They simply do not exist.

[TheDebbieDee]

11. I agree. The biggest threat to our way of life now

is whacked-out Americans!

[Webster Green]

12. Teabagger terrorist.

That's what it sounds like.

[Don Caballero]

15. Agreed. This was a domestic terrorist hell bent on killing fellow Americans

This may lead to much stricter regulations in regards to who is allowed to pilot a small plane.

[indepat]

19. It's enough to make one wonder if the resources allocated

to combatting domestic terrorism are commensurate with the resources allocated to combatting foreign terrorism (al Qaeda/the Taliban), when considering the potential relative risks posed by each? :D

[lunatica]

16. Why? The guy is dead and he was alone

How does treating this like a terrorist attack do anything that makes a difference?

Even if he was on a religious mission to bring down the government to destroy this country it's ridiculous to charge a dead man with any crime whether terrorist or any other kind.

[brewens]

18. My motivation is to rub this in the face of anti-government Tea Bagger type

cranks that only come out when Democrats are in charge. I'm hoping he can be connected to the Tea Klux Klan. We can then say, he's one of yours, you own it!

[slackmaster]

17. That would make sense only if they also treated the Fort Hood massacre as a terrorist attack

I don't believe either event qualifies. They're just crimes.

[DevonRex]

21. +1. nt

[B Calm]

24. Fort Hood = Just another work place shooting. . .

[AllentownJake]

22. Terrorism has existed since the first group of neighboring villiages

got together and formed a city and some people in one of the villages weren't happy on who the chief ended up being.

Terrorism is slightly younger than Prostitution and you will see it till you breathe your last breath.

[Bluerthanblue]

25. well, he was more successful than the underwear bomber-

who is clearly classified as a terrorist.

And his manifesto kind of encourages others to follow him.

:shrug: