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Thanks(!) for making that point and bringing it to everyone's attention. I confess that I'm starting to get numb to the constant misuse and dramatic overuse of the language by progressives of all political strips and I failed to even notice until you pointed it out.

What gets me about this attack is the James Dean-style game of chicken element about it. The Boston Marathon is heavily defended by hundreds of cops. These guys carried out the attack right under their noses. McVeigh parked a vehicle in front of the Federal building like every other visitor. James Holmes attacked a movie theater full of civilians. The Bali bombers hit a nightclub where the toughest resistance might have been the unarmed bouncers. The 9/11 attackers hit planes full of civilians.

Another point is that the Chechen brothers did not go house to house blasting away at civilians. They carjacked a guy and let him live, which allowed the guy to alert the cops. My sense is that while they, as Chechens, had the inborn temperament of stone killers, something held them back in a way that did not occur with other spree killers or Islamist terrorists.

This is an opinion that will probably get me flamed..but whatever.

I think these guys were raised in the US and really didn’t have a true jihadist mentality. Especially the younger one.

Yeah...they did the deed, but weren’t able to follow thru with the rest of the story.

The Boston Marathon is heavily defended by hundreds of cops. These guys carried out the attack right under their noses.

Yeah...I pondered that....

all the pics of those serious looking guys with phone connections in their ears (FBI, SWAT team members in civvies, BPD etc) were all looking around AND UPWARDS.....

Seems to me there were two possible instructions for the day...

1. Look for a roof-top sniper ...

2. Look for an explosive bag or back-pack on the ground.

I'll take box No 1 for $100 Alex.