For John, BLUF: Don't you think they are crazy? Nothing to see here; just move along.
From San Antonio we have a short item from the Houston CBS Television Station website, "Saudi National Detained At Fort Sam Houston, Explosives Found In Vehicle".
Military officials told KCEN-TV that the man that drove through the gate at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio was a Saudi National and that explosive materials were found in the vehicle.Maybe he was just lost and trying to find his worksite, where he is blasting rock. For sure,
Military officials are not calling this an attempted terrorist attack.I think I am seeing a pattern here. If it is overseas it is terrorism, but if it is here in the US it is workplace violence or some other sort of mental instability. And, that makes some kind of sense, since we think we have a pretty good system of Government here, thus anyone violently protesting is probably crazy.
Regards — Cliff
The cynic in me will point out that incidents judged to be terror-related are settled differently by insurers than those judged to have been caused by other factors. There's often a profit motive behind the labels we choose for things these days.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point, although I believe the Department of Defense tends to be a self-insurer.
ReplyDeleteRegards — Cliff
Exactly--and you will then also note that DoD policies for providing benefits to victims of the one label vs the other are different as well.
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