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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Chris,
Sometimes we are all out of the AR-47s with the clips of 12 gauge lead shot. We have to pass out the Brookes Brothers vests packed with whatever is left from weddings and funerals.
Achmed
I wonder what his comments (if any) were about this knife attack in China?
See more here:
https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/attacks/american-attacks.aspx
Not much.
Which is why it's particularly well-suited to those who are the end result of a millennium of inbreeding.
Why do Chrissy Mathews’ incoherent ramblings always involve stupidity?
Because they found that throwing puppies and kittens at people did not have the same effect.
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No Chris, terrorism only requires a terrorist with a weapon, and some victims.
The weapon can, as obama has shown, be a political office.
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LOL
Chrissie would rather death by a thousand paper cuts.
.... because they feel explosive?
A Muslim who dies in a jihad operation goes directly to heaven. A bomber dies instantly.
A shooter faces the possibility of being wounded or captured, this denying himself Paradise
Matthews is bombed most of the time.
evil will find the most efficient way to kill, That is what evil does
'Cause he's a liberal, of course!
why do terror attacks “always seem to involve bombing” instead of something else.
Good thinking Chrissie, laser tag could be used instead and it would cut out the massive loss of life.
I think he should travel to the mideast and ask them. He needs to understand them so he can come back and share his vast experience with us. I’ll pay for the flight.
they already have gun control in Belgium, france, and turkey.
had to go to bombs to get their job done.
Uh, because Chris Matthews lacks deductive aptitude?
Hard to imagine a mass shooting with a crossbow.
Hard to imagine a mass shooting with a crossbow. I hope Norman Reedus doesn’t decide to join ISIS though.
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