In response to the violent demonstration at the Capitol Building on January 6th, a bi-partisan group of lawmakers called for domestic terror laws aimed at a threat that may last “10 to 20 years.”
The politicos were echoed by former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan who called for action against an “unholy alliance” that includes, for some reason known only to him, libertarians.
And former CIA counterterrorism officer Robert Grenier thinks the problem is people “who don’t trust NPR or The New York Times” and suggests the solution is “counterinsurgency tactics — similar in some ways to those used in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.” (For 74 million Americans disbelieving NPR shows common sense, though it’s interesting an intelligence officer is incurious as to why so many people may feel that way.)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) helpfully noted that violent extremists are “motivated by a range of issues, including anger over COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 election results, and police use of force.” Memo to DHS: most Americans are angry with at least two of those issues.
Last, retired general Stanley McChrystal, who knows what it’s like to lose to violent extremists, declared “President Trump has updated Lost Cause with his ‘Stop the Steal’ narrative that they lost because of a stolen election.” That claim isn’t aging well after the Time magazine report on how Big Business, Big Labor, and their confederates in Big Tech worked to “fortify” the 2020 presidential election. No doubt Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are warming up Google Translate in advance of their next phone call from Joe Biden.
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