# Next Islamic inspired attack on US Soil **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845 "2016-12-29T14:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/21 "2016-12-29T21:06:59Z")
I predict the attack will be near water. And I see the letters R, S, and maybe an L. Do you know anyone with those letters in their name? Does the color green mean anything to you? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/22 "2016-12-29T22:32:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What does “quasi major” mean? At a guess, something Boston Marathon level. Quasi because it’s not taking down skyscrapers full of people (not to diminish those vicitms killed/injured), major because it’s a high profile attack, already plenty of media coverage even before the cowards attacked. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/23 "2016-12-29T22:33:28Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I predict the attack will be near water. And I see the letters R, S, and maybe an L. Do you know anyone with those letters in their name? Does the color green mean anything to you? RL Stine’s Goosebumps often uses green for the color of the logo. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/24 "2016-12-29T22:49:45Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > He wants us to forget our objections to Trump & unite under The Fearless Leader. > > Hey, it worked for Bush. (For a while.) I’m curious what day things will stop being Obama’s fault and start being Trump’s. If there’s a good economic report in February, who gets the credit; if there’s a quasi-major terrorist attack this summer, who gets the blame? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/25 "2016-12-29T22:53:41Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I’m more concerned of the consequences to the OP if it DOESN’T happen…say, a long letter of apology to everyone reading this drivel? Nope. All credit will be due to Donald Trump for fending off the attack. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/26 "2016-12-29T22:59:41Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I predict the attack will be near water. And I see the letters R, S, and maybe an L. Do you know anyone with those letters in their name? Does the color green mean anything to you? The name of the city will contain an I, O, A and/or an E. The attack will be planned well in advance and I see at least two (2) men involved. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/27 "2016-12-29T23:02:21Z")
They’ll probably wait until Trump and the Republicans take control, _then_ launch one or more attacks to provoke them since they’ll respond much worse than Obama would. [They prefer Republican leaders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Osama_bin_Laden_video#Intelligence_response), they are far more ineffectual and easy to manipulate. And do much more damage to the US. I suspect Tehran or Mecca gets nuked by Trump, giving the radicals a huge boost in support and alienating American allies. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/28 "2016-12-29T23:04:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Which begs the question of whether we live in ‘The Home of the Brave’, when so many Americans on a certain side of the political spectrum express so much fear. To hear them, Islamic terrorists are planning to go door to door chopping infidels’ heads off. A certain side? Many on the other side seems convinced that Trump will begin rounding up people and putting them in camps in late January. There’s plenty of fear out there right now. My own prediction is that no matter what the next attack is, there will be people loudly explaining how it was inspired by a mentally ill person’s personal demons rather than terrorism, even if the perp says they did it to terrorize. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/29 "2016-12-29T23:26:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Johnny L.A.** : > > The President, and the corporations to whom he is beholden, reap huge profits from defense contracts. (Just kidding. That would never happen.) You’re right, it wouldn’t. A businessman so incompetent that he lost a billion dollars in New York real estate in the 90s is probably also incompetent enough to lose money on corrupt defense contracts, too. ---
**Author:** ![Donpeyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a4c791/32.png) [@Donpeyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donpeyote)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/30 "2016-12-30T00:06:14Z")
It will happen soon , and not in a false flag kinda way … ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/31 "2016-12-30T01:13:07Z")
> [@Donpeyote](#): > > It will happen soon , and not in a false flag kinda way … Would you say that we should crack each other’s skulls open and feast on the goo inside? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/32 "2016-12-30T02:02:57Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > RL Stine’s Goosebumps often uses green for the color of the logo. A sporting event being attacked by mummies would be pretty terrifying. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/33 "2016-12-30T04:02:01Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Would you say that we should crack each other’s skulls open and feast on the goo inside? Yes, Kent. Yes I would. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/34 "2016-12-30T14:29:54Z")
> [@Donpeyote](#): > > Meh, the Indoor sporting events that are softest targets would have to include NBA events But not the WNBA; no one would notice. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/35 "2016-12-30T15:33:01Z")
> [@Donpeyote](#): > > It will happen soon , and not in a false flag kinda way … I am convinced that you’re right, especially by the use of an ellipsis at the end of your vague pronouncements, which imply impending doom and dark deeds. Or incomplete thought processes. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/36 "2016-12-31T08:04:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Which begs the question of whether we live in ‘The Home of the Brave’, when so many Americans on a certain side of the political spectrum express so much fear. To hear them, Islamic terrorists are planning to go door to door chopping infidels’ heads off. To hear many on the other side, plans are being made for armies to go door to door dragging all Muslims off to internment camps or worse. College students say certain speakers make them fear for their safety, then form mobs to try to intimidate those speakers from appearing on campus. Etc. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/37 "2016-12-31T08:09:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > You’re right, it wouldn’t. A businessman so incompetent that he lost a billion dollars in New York real estate in the 90s is probably also incompetent enough to lose money on corrupt defense contracts, too. Real estate is nothing. This guy’s _casinos_ went bankrupt. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/38 "2016-12-31T13:26:48Z")
The Islamists, from their viewpoint believe they are justifiably paying us back for past grievances and defending themselves from future threats… Do you consider yourself sufficiently knowledgeable and well-informed about their culture, their history and their personal concerns to be certain that they are wrong about that? Or do you just blindly subscribe to the Cheney-Rumsfeld doctrine that “all they want to do is kill innocent people”? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845/39 "2016-12-31T20:50:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Since “the coming weeks” includes ALL coming weeks, I’d say the prediction is spot on! We have an SDMB Nostradamus. Given **Donpeyote** ’s “track record,” I think we’re probably safe from “Islamic inspired” attacks for years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-islamic-inspired-attack-on-us-soil/775845.md?page=1)