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This Happened: Matthews Asks Why Does Terrorism ‘Always Seem to Involve Bombing?’
NewsBusters ^ | 29 Jun 2016 | Curtis Houck

Posted on 06/29/2016 7:46:07 AM PDT by mandaladon

All three cable networks dedicated droves of airtime Tuesday evening to the Istanbul terrorist attack and on two occasions, MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews wondered “how much brains does it take” for someone to become a suicide bomber and why do terror attacks “always seem to involve bombing” instead of something else.

Matthews was speaking to an assembled panel of terrorism experts about five minutes into the program when he cited recent terror attacks ranging from French train in August 2015 to Tuesday’s bombings in Istanbul and appropriately wondered if it means there’s a pattern to the string of Islamic terror attacks.

From there, however, Matthews blurted out this question: “How much brains does it take to pack yourself up with TNT and go running into a crowd and blowing yourself up? What do you mean, sophistication?”

Risk management analyst Anthony Roman explained to Matthews that most attacks are “coordinated” and “planned,” but Matthews interjected to wonder if suicide was considered “brave” to which Roman responded that he certainly wouldn’t want to do it (but would be in the eyes or radical extremists).

A few minutes later, Matthews introduced an utterly bizarre line of questioning about why terrorists turn to bombs to carry out their heinous acts over any other weapon [emphasis mine]: This was a combination, apparently, we don't have all the information on the — at least 28 dead, maybe more. A.P. is reporting many more. At least 100 injured badly, probably....Bombing. What's bombing and terrorism have to do cause it always seems to involve bombing. Is that because it’s one sure way to blow yourself up, certainly, and the suicide bomb strapped to the body seems to be part of this cult of suicide, of martyrdom, if you will, by their standards.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globaljihad; isis; radicalislam; terror; trump
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Matthews is an idiot!
1 posted on 06/29/2016 7:46:07 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

Illegal Explosive Devices are WAY more effective than legal semi-autos.


2 posted on 06/29/2016 7:48:26 AM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: mandaladon

Chris, invite Bill Ayers on for the inside scoop.


3 posted on 06/29/2016 7:49:41 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: mandaladon

We all know it is because the liberal’s gun control laws have been so effective that terrorists are motivated to seek out alternatives. < / sarcasm >


4 posted on 06/29/2016 7:50:16 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: mandaladon

Sounds like that question asking the bank robber why he robs banks? “Duh, because that’s where the money is!”
Bombs destroy vast areas very quickly. End of story.


5 posted on 06/29/2016 7:50:22 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: mandaladon

I guess Chrissy didn’t get the meme.....YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BLAME IT ON ANYTHING BUT GUNS! Even though bombing is much more destructive.


6 posted on 06/29/2016 7:51:12 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: mandaladon

What he really meant was, “Why don’t they just use guns? Then we’d get “common sense” gun control passed.”

Fortunately, the morons haven’t figured out the effectiveness of a daisy chain...


7 posted on 06/29/2016 7:51:14 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: mandaladon

More bomb control, please.


8 posted on 06/29/2016 7:51:17 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: mandaladon

Makes one wonder “how much brains does it take” for someone to be a TV commentator on MSLSD.


9 posted on 06/29/2016 7:51:40 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: mandaladon

10 posted on 06/29/2016 7:52:17 AM PDT by JenB987 (I'm still an American and 'til they take that away from me there's no day ruined. - El Rushbo)
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To: mandaladon

Actually I think he is working on “the narrative” by defing terms a certain way.

Islamic terrorism? Oh, that involves bombs. And it occurs overseas in places like Turkey.

Meanwhile, you know, the US has a problem with gun nuts like that gay guy in Orlando. Totally different you see.


11 posted on 06/29/2016 7:53:22 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The official language of the United States should be Arabic. It's clear that our government is.)
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“always seem to involve bombing”...Because stupid liberal Democrats always want to use terrorism to advance gun control rather than address the root cause.
12 posted on 06/29/2016 7:53:55 AM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: mandaladon

He was hoping for mass poisoning, or mass ebola?


13 posted on 06/29/2016 7:54:46 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: ClearCase_guy

Oh you mean that gay guy who is a Muslim.


14 posted on 06/29/2016 7:55:03 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: mandaladon

“why do terror attacks “always seem to involve bombing” instead of something else”

I don’t know, chris. maybe throwing rocks and bottle rocket attacks are not very effective?


15 posted on 06/29/2016 7:55:34 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: mandaladon

Terrorism, my ass! They are all acts of war.


16 posted on 06/29/2016 7:56:41 AM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: mandaladon

You can get knuckle draggers to do anything


17 posted on 06/29/2016 7:56:58 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: mandaladon

Clearly, they see the bomb is the fail safe to martyrdom.

Run out of ammo -self detonate.

Being overwhelmed by bystanders (rare) -self detonate.

At risk of being taken alive -self detonate.

Facing overwhelming force -self detonate.

Is all that that hard to understand for Chris Mathews? Guess so.


18 posted on 06/29/2016 7:57:08 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: mandaladon

I’ll bet that is no ‘off-the-cuff’ question or accident.

Somehow that will be twisted to mean we need to abolish the 2A here in America. Only in the liberal mind is there a connection, but the global warming nitwits will find one.

And big media will run with it for all it’s worth.


19 posted on 06/29/2016 7:58:05 AM PDT by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: mandaladon

Whoa. Chrissy’s right to be upset about the lack of diversity in terrorist weaponry, though - it makes all that self-defense training he’s taken against terrorists attacking with fresh fruit pretty much useless.


20 posted on 06/29/2016 7:59:30 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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