The conflict involving Iran, the US and Israel may have influenced the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump and senior US officials at a White House journalists’ dinner last month, according to a US intelligence assessment reviewed by Reuters.
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>The preliminary Department of Homeland Security report said suspect Cole Allen had “multiple social and political grievances” and found the Iran war may have contributed to his decision to carry out the attack.
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>The assessment cited social media posts linked to Allen criticizing US actions during the conflict.
The report, dated April 27, was circulated to state and local law enforcement agencies and other federal bodies following the April 25 shooting attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.
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>Reuters reported that the FBI has been reviewing Allen’s online activity, including anti-Trump posts touching on Iran, immigration policy, Elon Musk and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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>US prosecutors this week added a charge accusing Allen of firing at a Secret Service agent during the incident. He has not yet entered a plea.
Honestly, whenever I see these attempts to rationalize or explain “why” I feel like they miss the point that in the end the only “why” that matters was hate… You can change the variables, you could hypothetically get rid of the Iran conflict or anything else, the outcome would be the same because hatred requires no justification.
If it wasn’t America in the middle east Osama hated, it would have been America somewhere else that he hated.
If it wasn’t what Charlie Kirk was saying that his assassin hated, it would have been something he was doing that he hated.
People who would perform these acts are only prevented from doing so by opportunity, not by motive because hate will always find a motive.