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**Shootohoist** · 01-12-2010, 09:28 PM

He demonstrated that he had the "will and morality" to do it. He wanted to do it, and expressed such a desire even after being told that he could be a good Muslim if he didn't.

Suggesting that a 19 year old man doesn't know that killing people is wrong is silly...

Some of you guys aren't seeing the bigger picture.

Yes, he's guilty of this hypothetical thing he was involved in.

However, a smarter investigative team would have known to follow the kid to see if he would eventually connect to a more powerful associate, which is exactly what he was trying to do.

This kid could have lead authorities to a more dangerous terrorist who was older, well connected, and well funded. I mean, would it not have been much more pleasing to know that a whole lot of terrorist money got frozen in the process and that a powerful terrorist or cell got nabbed?

Instead, the authorities got ahead of themselves and now we'e patting ourselves on the back for apparently a job well done, but it's really the least we could have done.

He was trying to reach an older man who went back to Yemen. It didn't look like that connection was going to pan out, but now there's no way of knowing where the kid would have lead authorities.

I think it's a huge waste of resources, and now we're going to be treated to a lengthy trial with a prosecution that doesn't have a recording of the first meeting they had with the kid. What else don't they have? What else is just heresay?

Just because they put some errand boy with confused thoughts in his head in a situation that obviously fed his ego and fed the part of him that wanted to do harm to the public, it proves that given the right set of circumstances he was certainly capable of doing his part, but what little consolation it is that he got nabbed in a make-belief situation.

Meanwhile, the consequences of this whole operation is that the kid's mosque got set on fire and already touchy feelings about muslims from the public are set off again, but this time unnecessarily.

They should have not gotten so zealous and should have just focused on following him. He was already up to no good in the real world.

01-12-2010, 09:28 PM	#18
Shootohoist Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	He demonstrated that he had the "will and morality" to do it. He wanted to do it, and expressed such a desire even after being told that he could be a good Muslim if he didn't. Suggesting that a 19 year old man doesn't know that killing people is wrong is silly... Some of you guys aren't seeing the bigger picture. Yes, he's guilty of this hypothetical thing he was involved in. However, a smarter investigative team would have known to follow the kid to see if he would eventually connect to a more powerful associate, which is exactly what he was trying to do. This kid could have lead authorities to a more dangerous terrorist who was older, well connected, and well funded. I mean, would it not have been much more pleasing to know that a whole lot of terrorist money got frozen in the process and that a powerful terrorist or cell got nabbed? Instead, the authorities got ahead of themselves and now we'e patting ourselves on the back for apparently a job well done, but it's really the least we could have done. He was trying to reach an older man who went back to Yemen. It didn't look like that connection was going to pan out, but now there's no way of knowing where the kid would have lead authorities. I think it's a huge waste of resources, and now we're going to be treated to a lengthy trial with a prosecution that doesn't have a recording of the first meeting they had with the kid. What else don't they have? What else is just heresay? Just because they put some errand boy with confused thoughts in his head in a situation that obviously fed his ego and fed the part of him that wanted to do harm to the public, it proves that given the right set of circumstances he was certainly capable of doing his part, but what little consolation it is that he got nabbed in a make-belief situation. Meanwhile, the consequences of this whole operation is that the kid's mosque got set on fire and already touchy feelings about muslims from the public are set off again, but this time unnecessarily. They should have not gotten so zealous and should have just focused on following him. He was already up to no good in the real world.
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