If you’ve scanned the news today, you’ve probably seen the story about the six men who were arrested before they could execute a plan to attack New Jersey’s Fort Dix Army base and “kill as many soldiers as possible.”
According to a federal spokesman, four of the men were born in the former Yugoslavia, one was born in Turkey and one was born in Jordan. A report on this that I saw earlier had a quote from a federal official calling their plot a potential act of terrorism, but that quote has been removed — this is where definitions get murky — and currently there is no evidence that a foreign terrorist organization was involved.
I will say this: Worst. Plan. Ever. Not to make light of a plot to kill American servicemen (or anybody, really), but is there a worse place for six random dudes to attack than a United States Army base? Why not rob the police station while you’re at it? They couldn’t think of something that might have a higher chance of success and lower than a 100% chance of death?
I guess that’s the point — martyrdom — but seriously, folks.
