Does anyone else think the NYC car bomb plot seems fishy?

[DaRizzle]

I dunno, this story doesnt make sense to me.....something isnt quite right

A guy who supposedly trained in a terrorist camp only a few weeks ago doesnt even know how to make a fertilizer bomb?!? I mean I dont know how to make one but Id imagine with 5 minutes of google search I would know what to do and just need the supplies. HE DIDNT EVEN USE THE RIGHT FERTILIZER!

The dude wrapped some fireworks around a propane tank...are you kidding me?!?! You think some legal fireworks are going to bust a hole in a metal propane tank?!? Shit, they probably just made a little black mark on the side of the canister that could be wiped off. Oh BTW...the canister valves were CLOSED!!

Then he also has two plastic gas canisters...i guess those were supposed to go off after the supposed fertilizer bomb went off...seems like he left A LOT to chance.

Now the terrorists are claiming responsibility for it.....Im sorry but if somebody goes to a terrorist training camp and there one mission was to make a car bomb you would think they would train /learn how to make a car bomb....Really....wtf???

Something doesnt add up....

Thoughts?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

My first thought was "art project?"

 

[Rodolfo]

The guy was a fucking moron. A dim light.

 

[DaRizzle]

The guy was a fucking moron. A dim light.

even morons can follow simple instructions....thats why your burger patty isnt raw at McDonalds

 

[DaRizzle]

My first thought was "art project?"

huh?

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Also, his car lights were flashing as well as his hazard lights.

 

[Mamba]

Maybe he has performance issues.

Get his ex-GF's in here for questioning.

 

[ehizzy3]

i wonder what it's like to get cut from terrorist training camp. do they let the fans watch?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I don't think there is an IQ test to be a terrorist.

 

[Mamba]

i wonder what it's like to get cut from terrorist training camp. do they let the fans watch?

Do they have to put him on waivers and see if any other camps claim him?

 

[DaRizzle]

just because they are terrorists doesnt mean they are mentally incompetant...

I mean cmon, compared to all the other elaborate things terrorists take credit for this really doesnt seem to have their signature on it

 

[Mamba]

Because they're perfect and can't ever fuck anything up?

Actually George Bush planned it all. Baraack Obama approved of it

 

[SlyPokerDog]

i wonder what it's like to get cut from terrorist training camp. do they let the fans watch?

They don't cut them, those are the ones who are the suicide bombers. They get the "72 Virgins!" diploma.

 

[Denny Crane]

While the bomb was botched, it does make sense that if the gasoline caught fire, it would heat up all the rest of the stuff and make it all pretty volatile.

I also heard on the news this AM that the thing caught fire as he was parking the van so he basically had to get out and run away. Maybe before he could bother to notice the hazard lights were on and those sorts of things.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Maybe he was demoted to 'Terrorist Help Desk' and pulled this stunt to try and get a promotion.

 

[MARIS61]

The fact he was in a terrorist training camp a few weeks ago, then had no problem at all getting through our "Homeland Security" into NYC then was able to accumulate all these items and come within a spark of killing hundreds of people, should at least make it obvious to all that our "Department of Homeland Security" is not and never was intended as any kind of response/defense to foreign threats to our country.

It is and always has been solely for the purpose of controlling/disarming/de-mobilizing US Citizens when the time comes that the Federal Government deems it appropriate or desirable to impose martial law.

 

[Denny Crane]

The fact he was in a terrorist training camp a few weeks ago, then had no problem at all getting through our "Homeland Security" into NYC then was able to accumulate all these items and come within a spark of killing hundreds of people, should at least make it obvious to all that our "Department of Homeland Security" is not and never was intended as any kind of response/defense to foreign threats to our country.

It is and always has been solely for the purpose of controlling/disarming/de-mobilizing US Citizens when the time comes that the Federal Government deems it appropriate or desirable to impose martial law.

Nobody but you seems controlled

But seriously, it was an alert citizen who brought the thing to the attention of the authorities, and they acted rather swiftly and nobody was hurt. All around, a win?

 

[speeds]

Its odd he had the wherewithal to get a plane ticket to the UAE--presumably purchased online?--but not to take ten minutes to plan things out a little better.

That being said, maybe he was nervous about accumulating certain items that might cause suspicion and made due with what he could get his hands on easily.

 

[ehizzy3]

im surprised he didnt leave earlier and already have a plane ticket bought

 

[The Sebastian Express]

I was under the impression he was linked to a newly formed terrorist group, and not one with much experience or was working with just a small group of people independently?

 

[barfo]

I suspect part of the problem is, the terrorist training camp didn't really have a lot of actual demos due to lack of raw materials and fear of being discovered. I wouldn't be surprised if I've blown up more shit lifetime than his trainers. Plus he was clearly not too bright so book-learnin' probably wasn't his thing. It's nice when your enemies are morons.

barfo

 

[Eastoff]

The guy was a fucking moron. A dim light.

He had a masters, a wife and kids and recently had his house foreclosed upon.

 

[barfo]

He had a masters, a wife and kids and recently had his house foreclosed upon.

Well, certainly an MBA isn't proof of intelligence - nor is a wife and kids - but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he was suffering from some sort of brain degeneration in the past year.

barfo

 

[Eastoff]

Well, certainly an MBA isn't proof of intelligence - nor is a wife and kids - but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he was suffering from some sort of brain degeneration in the past year.

barfo

Yeah, you aren't necessarily a genius if you have an MBA, but you can't really be a "fucking moron"

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Yeah, you aren't necessarily a genius if you have an MBA, but you can't really be a "fucking moron"

You've never heard the phrase: "So easy, an MBA could do it"?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I was under the impression he was linked to a newly formed terrorist group, and not one with much experience or was working with just a small group of people independently?

Where did they learn their explosives techniques? Wile E Coyote cartoons?

 

[maxiep]

I dunno, this story doesnt make sense to me.....something isnt quite right

A guy who supposedly trained in a terrorist camp only a few weeks ago doesnt even know how to make a fertilizer bomb?!? I mean I dont know how to make one but Id imagine with 5 minutes of google search I would know what to do and just need the supplies. HE DIDNT EVEN USE THE RIGHT FERTILIZER!

The dude wrapped some fireworks around a propane tank...are you kidding me?!?! You think some legal fireworks are going to bust a hole in a metal propane tank?!? Shit, they probably just made a little black mark on the side of the canister that could be wiped off. Oh BTW...the canister valves were CLOSED!!

Then he also has two plastic gas canisters...i guess those were supposed to go off after the supposed fertilizer bomb went off...seems like he left A LOT to chance.

Now the terrorists are claiming responsibility for it.....Im sorry but if somebody goes to a terrorist training camp and there one mission was to make a car bomb you would think they would train /learn how to make a car bomb....Really....wtf???

Something doesnt add up....

Thoughts?

I guess terrorist training schools just aren't as good as when you attended.

 

[maxiep]

The fact he was in a terrorist training camp a few weeks ago, then had no problem at all getting through our "Homeland Security" into NYC then was able to accumulate all these items and come within a spark of killing hundreds of people, should at least make it obvious to all that our "Department of Homeland Security" is not and never was intended as any kind of response/defense to foreign threats to our country.

It is and always has been solely for the purpose of controlling/disarming/de-mobilizing US Citizens when the time comes that the Federal Government deems it appropriate or desirable to impose martial law.

I'm glad you recognize that you shouldn't trust the Government to effectively do much.

 

[DaRizzle]

I guess terrorist training schools just aren't as good as when you attended.

If it wasnt so damn funny it would be racist lol

 

[BlazerWookee]

They don't cut them, those are the ones who are the suicide bombers. They get the "72 Virgins!" diploma.

I think that when they hear that not only did the bomb not go off, but he actually got out of the van and tried to escape the country, they'll rescind his diploma...