Look, I’m not one to promote wacky conspiracy theories, no matter how delicious they may be. We don’t know who "bombed" the military recruiting station in Manhattan early today; it literally could’ve been anybody. Hell, for all I know, it could’ve been al-Qaeda.
< /snark >
But let’s take a look at what we know about the bombing.
The bombing happened in the dead of night in Times Square, at a recruiting station long closed for the day. It was, as bombs go, extremely small, and made in an amateurish manner, doing very little damage to the station. It was packed into a metal box used to house gunpowder and the like by the military, and was available for purchase in any military surplus store, or even online.
An alleged perpetrator/co-conspirator was allegedly seen riding away on a bicycle. That’s right, a bicycle.
I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that whoever planned and carried out this joke attack went to great pains to make sure no one was hurt, much less killed, and that as little physical damage was done as possible, while still perpetrating what could reasonably be called a "bombing." Yeah, real al-Qaeda tactics, that.
I’ve racked my brain about this (well, not really, but I did think about it for a few minutes while I had MSNBC on the teevee), and I can only think of two entities who would want to do this – someone who is against the war and wants to stop the recruitment of more young men and women into the military (and who is/are extremely stupid), or someone who wants the American public to think terrorists struck New York City again. Which of those two would profit the most from this act?
Interesting how, shortly after I see a "breaking" report about the "bombing," I see the fearmonger-in-chief making a little speech celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Insecurity, while warning and admonishing us about how "we’re still not safe, we’ve been struck again." Was this, to borrow a phrase from Keith, "the nexus of politics and fear?"
Now again, I’m not trying to promulgate any far-out conspiracy theory. Like I said, for all we know, it could’ve been al-Qaeda. (Okay, stop laughing, dammit.)
No, I’m not crazy. (I said, stop laughing!) But I am curious.