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Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Minarchist — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:31:12 GMT

My thoughts on the FBI creating this fake terrorist plot is that they did it to discredit anti-Fed people by association, boost public support for an increasingly unpopular Fed, and to perpetuate the myth of a grave terrorist threat in order to justify their advancing police-state.

Nothing new.

THE United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years - or so it has seemed. A would-be suicide bomber was intercepted on his way to the Capitol; a scheme to bomb synagogues and shoot Stinger missiles at military aircraft was developed by men in Newburgh, N.Y.; and a fanciful idea to fly explosive-laden model planes into the Pentagon and the Capitol was hatched in Massachusetts.

But all these dramas were facilitated by the F.B.I., whose undercover agents and informers posed as terrorists offering a dummy missile, fake C-4 explosives, a disarmed suicide vest and rudimentary training. Suspects naïvely played their parts until they were arrested.

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Malachi — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:54:40 GMT

It might be entrapment, but its not "entrapment" the special wartime classified definition.

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Fool on the Hill — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:51:54 GMT

Another case of entrapment?

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Blueline976 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:47:51 GMT

Obviously nobody should consider supporting what the guy allegedly attempted. Blowing up buildings isn't the right course of action whatsoever.

I'm just interested in seeing how long it takes for people to start equating anti-Fed folks with domestic terrorism. "You agree with that crazy guy's thoughts on the Fed? TERRORIST!"

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Anenome — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:42:50 GMT

The fed has prestige and is identified with the gov. That's all that matters if you're trying to hurt the gov as this terrorist was.

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Wheylous — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:32:19 GMT

Hairnet - I had no idea what the Fed did until I got to these boards.

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

weedface — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:31:18 GMT

just read my post

http://mises.org/community/forums/p/32094/497856.aspx

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Hairnet — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:02:21 GMT

It is an improtant institution according to most people. Thats why he wanted to bomb it. We may not think it is important, but all he would have to do is look it up and see how most people think that our entire economy is dependent on the federal reserve's benevolence.

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Wheylous — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:43:06 GMT

Well, then, that might just wrap it up. But still, if he didn't know what it was, why did he decide to bomb it?

Re: Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Marissa — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:04:22 GMT

Wheylous:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/18/family-bangladeshi-man-shocked-at-his-arrested-in-fbi-terror-sting-in-ny/

Could in theory be a false flag, but I have no evidence, so concluding that would be baseless.

Rather, I think the guy's insanely stupid, thinking that bombing the Fed will make it weaker. It's gonna make it twice as strong. Anti-fed intellectuals will be shunned as even more extreme and the Fed will solidify its hold.

Thoughts?

"At one point, according to criminal complaint, Nafis told undercover agents: "I don't want something that's like, small. I just want something big. Something very big ... that will shake the whole country, that will make America, not one step ahead, change of policy, and make one step ahead, for the Muslims ... that will make us one step closer to run the whole world."

A U.S. official told Fox News that President Obama was Nafis' first target, but the criminal complaint only refers to "a high-ranking official." The complaint also mentions the New York Stock Exchange as a proposed target."

I doubt this guy even knows what the Federal Reserve is.

Thoughts on the attempted bombing of the Fed?

Wheylous — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:01:21 GMT

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/10/18/family-bangladeshi-man-shocked-at-his-arrested-in-fbi-terror-sting-in-ny/

Could in theory be a false flag, but I have no evidence, so concluding that would be baseless.

Rather, I think the guy's insanely stupid, thinking that bombing the Fed will make it weaker. It's gonna make it twice as strong. Anti-fed intellectuals will be shunned as even more extreme and the Fed will solidify its hold.

Thoughts?