2nd Amendment / Homegrown Jihadi / Kenya / War On Terror

Coffee, CCW, Open Carry, and Shopping Malls

“It is far better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.”
-Proverb

A former marine emerged as a hero of the Nairobi siege yesterday after he was credited with saving up to 100 lives.

The ex soldier was having coffee at the Westgate mall when it was attacked by Islamists on Saturday.

With a gun tucked into his waistband, he was pictured helping two women from the complex.

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The former soldier is said to have returned to the building on a dozen occasions, despite intense gunfire.

9/11 / Bush Exceptionalism / Fanatical Islam / Kenya / Ron Paul / somalia / War On Terror

They Do Hate Us for Our Freedoms

“Over time it’s going to be important for nations to know they will be held accountable for inactivity. You’re either with us or against us in the fight against terror.”
–George W. Bush

In wake of the terrorist attack Saturday that claimed 68 lives at the famous Nairobi shopping mall, and in wake of the 12th anniversary of 9/11, I revisited President Bush’s September 2001 speech to a Joint Session of Congress: