Are CIA-Ukrainian Terrorists in Moscow Making Our Bridge Collisions Gay?
Two separate tragedies turned into insane conspiracy theories. Why is a Miasma of Morons stopping serious conversations?
MV Dali the morning after collision with Francis Scott Key bridge. (Photo: AP)
The scene that unfolded on the night of 22 March at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow was one I had witnessed perhaps one hundred times in my career. A squad of gunmen, carrying only AK-47 automatic assault rifles and backpacks filled with extra ammunition, magazines, and explosives, stormed an unguarded public space and randomly started killing everyone they saw. This tactic, known as light infantry, weapons attack, or LIWA, has been the hallmark of terrorism since the 1960s. Virtually every terror group in the world has done this, from the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Al Fatah to the Shining Path guerillas of Peru. However, what made this attack unique was the ideology behind the group and how it ended.
Since 1997, when Al-Qaeda launched a series of inaugural terrorist attacks on the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the goal of most attackers who espoused jihadist ideology was to die in a bla…