Why the pessimism?

[Iconoclast]

Re: Why the pessimism?

@ravage

I hate to be an optimist, but I feel like I have to revive this thread.

Yeah its a shame that a bunch of rats damaged our base and took hostages in it, but lets be honest. The hardest threats to defend from are threats where threats from within, and threats where the only purpose is to cause death and damage.

Lets remember that America had Fort Hood shootings not too long ago, where one guy killed 12 and wounded 30 at a military base. The scale of this was much bigger and more premeditated, its not surprising that they had more success, in terms of damaging assets.

As for internal intrigue, let the dust settle. the military is a lot of things but it is self-propagating as a group (anyone whos lived in Pakistan knows that). This could finally trigger an immune system reaction against the religious whackjobs in their midst.. we should hope.

Fort Hood shootings were by a person from the base who was an employee, not by 6 men managing to penetrate security cordons.