Thoughts on Boston
The Czar thinks this says it all:
THIS. “This week is so bad that an Elvis-impersonating conspiracy theorist sent poison letter to Obama and THAT’S LIKE THE TENTH BIGGEST STORY.”
— Laura Mitchell (@ljmabouttown) April 19, 2013
Now, for you regular Gormogon readers—basically, you—who always expect a little bit more in your news, the Czar very much doubts these two Tsarnaev villains are the only two involved in this plot.
A successful plot—and to some degree the Boston bombing was successful since three very innocent and decent people were killed, even if not all the devices exploded—requires more than two “losers” to carry it out. Consider that if there were more than two devices, you inherently need more than two people to carry backpacks into the route-path of the Marathon. A backpack is not going to sit there all day unnoticed; and security will be aware of individuals carrying multiple backpacks into an event.
Also, the execution was basically flawless. Waltz in, time the event so that your bombs are deposited right when the majority of people are watching the finish line, and disappear into the crowd. Now couple that with the goofball escape of carjacking, shootouts, grenade throwing and incompetence of their escape. Wait, they had no backup plan? No escape route? No ability to slip past? Who develops a plan for infiltration without a plan for exfiltration? Not these two guys, that’s certain. These two are the useful idiots.
This is why it was absolutely essential that law enforcement take in the younger idiot alive. Once fear kicks into his 19-year-old brain, he will be likely to cooperate to some extent with authorities and reveal names and locations. Yes, the immediate threat is over: but there is a good chance that are at least two more (possibly quite a few) out there.
Rest assured: we’ll get them.
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.