Hey, hey, hey, there were also hostages to consider. But seriously, I suspect OP doesn’t know a fucking thing about Iran-Contra.

There was also that time Reagan created the Taliban.

“I miss the days of Ronald Reagan and the notion that we don’t negotiate with (and thus legitimize) terrorism.”

I suspect you’re an idiotic troll who doesn’t care, but on the off chance that you’re just too young and lazy to learn anything about history, I might remind you that there was a little thing under Reagan called the “Iran-Contra affair” that was literally the United States illegally negotiating with terrorists.

I hope this is a joke. Only someone who wasn’t alive when Reagan was president would swallow that “don’t negotiate with terrorists” historical revisionism.

It dawns on me that they might be baiting them. If they (the US) makes themselves easy to attack then ISIS members will engage. If they engage I imagine that helps track them, and ultimately hunt them down. It might be a smart tactic dressed up to look stupid.

Hi this is Jihadhi John, did you know that my cousin Abdullah Smith is making 3,000 dollars working at home for google?

Sadly you were probably at work getting paid for that comment.

Thank you for the clarification that mental illness does not equal violence. I’m sick of the idea of trigger happy men mass murdering and getting away with being “crazy.” Agreed with the US being terrifying for the Other.....we women can’t even get basic health care with out being terrorized. Uggg.

I cannot understand why North America is so lax on animal offences. It is infuriating - especially when there is significant evidence that many murderers and sociopaths start out abusing animals.

As should domestic abusers, who should under NO circumstances be allowed to legally acquire guns...Oh. Wait. Isn’t that already the case?

There very well be mental illness at play here. But mental illness doesn’t equal violence. Plus, as Obama noted a few years ago, the US doesn’t have a monopoly on mental illness. We sadly aren’t even the only country with widespread white male privilege and national political figures who spew out hateful rhetoric that…

This, I’m sure, has nothing to White Male Privilege or White Christian Patriarchy at all!

If he wasn’t convicted, he can steal legally buy a gun. Ask my abusive ex...

Mentally ill or no, the rhetoric used by the GOP and far right’s antichoice attempt at a Planned Parenthood smear campaign worked on this man just like it works on people who wouldn’t go so far as to actually commit murder. People are genuinely thrilled this happened. I wish the anti choice bigots spreading messages…

Shocking how lone wolves can be so lone, yet act so similar.

Mental illness without guns is much better than mental illness with guns.

Whew, he was a lone wolf! We can rest assured knowing that no other like-minded white men will commit such heinous acts!

It’s not true mental illness (and being mentally ill doesn’t mean you want to shoot people, such a bullshit scapegoat) but there’s really something... off about these anti-government, live off the grid types. I am completely unsurprised by all of this information. Nothing good ever comes from strange white men who…