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peggysue2

(10,828 posts)
21. OMG!
Thu Oct 12, 2017, 04:54 PM
Oct 2017

My eldest son picked up a group of hikers from the Asheville Airport Thursday night, transported the team to a local hotel and hit the trail on Friday morning. Small world. Way too small.

This Estes character 'wanted to start a war on US soil?' Which begs the question: why choose a small airport like Asheville? Probably thought it would be easier to escape notice and/or police surveillance.

Good one on the Asheville Airport authorities who caught this sucker on camera and averted what could have easily been a bloody catastrophe.

As for why the silence? Think that's been adequately answered above: Estes didn't fit the stereotype for blaring, condemning headlines. Wrong color, wrong religion. Unless there's something else afoot--the FBI keeping a close eye on these White Nationalists, wanting to make sure that Estes was a lone wolf.

Scary.

isn't ammonium nitrate one of the ingredients in mcveigh's ied? niyad Oct 2017 #1
ANFO - ammonium nitrate / fuel oil - is by no means a "signature" explosive jberryhill Oct 2017 #3
There are no white terrorists... HopeAgain Oct 2017 #2
"we never heard about" left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #4
I did too. cwydro Oct 2017 #19
I think that's code for "not obsessed over by Fox News talking heads, so quickly forgotten" Bucky Oct 2017 #20
I posted a link about it malaise Oct 2017 #5
i missed your post barbtries Oct 2017 #7
Here it is malaise Oct 2017 #8
he's not even charged with terrorism barbtries Oct 2017 #6
He's not being charged with terrorism? red dog 1 Oct 2017 #9
Isn't the definition of terrorism LiberalLovinLug Oct 2017 #14
No sarisataka Oct 2017 #15
+ 1 red dog 1 Oct 2017 #17
Depends which dictionary you look at LiberalLovinLug Oct 2017 #18
I'll be sending this link straight to Facebook! Can't wait to see the responses. 7962 Oct 2017 #10
You forgot, "He just snapped." NBachers Oct 2017 #11
Some DUer will come by and say he didn't have a political agenda IronLionZion Oct 2017 #12
Starting a war sarisataka Oct 2017 #16
Seems Charlie Manson had similar motives. NBachers Oct 2017 #24
How big was it? The guy sounds like a dumbass. nt JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #13
OMG! peggysue2 Oct 2017 #21
Disturbed or terrorist? QED Oct 2017 #22
Media Silence SeattlePop Oct 2017 #23
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