Omar Mateen called a TV news producer to inform him of his motivations:
“I’m the shooter. It’s me,” the man said. “I am the shooter.”
The caller then said he had carried out the Pulse attack for the Islamic State and began speaking quickly in Arabic.
“At the time, I didn’t know what he was saying,” Gentili told News 13 reporter Scott Fais. “He was speaking so fast. But it was … he was speaking fluently. Whatever language he was speaking, he knew it. And he was speaking it very quickly. And that is when I said to him, ‘Sir. Please. Speak in English, please.’”
“I did it for ISIS,” the caller said, according to Gentili, “I did it for the Islamic State.”
Mateen also was motivated by Obama’s continued bombing of Afghanistan:
At one point, while about two dozen hostages were in the bathrooms inside Pulse, Carter said the gunman asked if there were any black people in the room. When one man said yes, the shooter said, “”You know I don’t have a problem with black people,'” Carter recalled during a news conference. “‘This is about my country. You guys suffered enough.'”
Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old authorities identified as the gunman, was born in the United States. His parents emigrated from Afghanistan. …
But nooooo, says Dem. Rep. James Clyburn. He knows better even than Mateen himself:
In the wake of the terrorist attack in Orlando by a man who pledged his allegiance to ISIS, Democratic Rep. James Clyburn said, “this is not about ISIS. … this is about guns in America and whether or not we’re going to have some kind of moderation to this Second Amendment.”
Uh uh, no way this has anything to do with ISIS, says obama:
“It appears the shooter was inspired by various extremist information that was disseminated over the internet,” Obama said at a media briefing in the White House, noting “it does appear at the last minute he announced allegiance to ISIS. ” But, the president added, “there is no direct evidence” he was part of a larger plot.
All those materials are being searched, Obama said, “so we have a better sense of the pathway the killer took in making the decision to launch this attack.” But, Obama added, “we see no clear evidence he was directed externally.”
It just amazes me how these people know better than the perpetrators the motivations for the killings. Or perhaps they are choosing to distract us from the truth.
DrJohn has been a health care professional for more than 30 years. In addition to clinical practice he has done extensive research and has published widely with over 70 original articles and abstracts in the peer-reviewed literature. DrJohn is well known in his field and has lectured on every continent except for Antarctica. He has been married to the same wonderful lady for over 30 years and has three kids- two sons, both of whom are attorneys and one daughter on her way into the field of education.
DrJohn was brought up with the concept that one can do well if one is prepared to work hard but nothing in life is guaranteed.
Except for liberals being foolish.
Because they are sympatico…no big mystery there
DrJohn recall, too, that president Obama tried to impose HIS personal view of Christianity on ALL Christians under ObamaCare.
He seemed to put himself above Popes, ministers and all clergymen plus above all Christians.
He felt he had a right to dictate what it means to properly live according to the black/white areas of Scripture plus the grey areas left to individual conscience.
The Courts are siding with individual Christians over the Obama edicts in every case.
My point is, of course Obama knows best why another individual did this or that.
He, like God, can see into the mind and heart of others.
(NOT!)
The demacRATS are deleberatly allowing these attacks to take place as a excuse to disarm us more reasons to refuse to register yiur guns just like they did in the states of Conneticutt and New York
So, according to liberal-think, the reason this radicalized Muslim closet-gay shot up the Pulse was because guns are too easy to acquire?
understand one basic fact. these people are not radicalized-they are born and educated to hate Jews, American and anyone who does fallow the Quean. it is in the gene pool. the great thinkers want to know at what point there people become radicalized-when the sperm hits the egg and a vermin is produced.
@MOS #8541:
There’s a point here. This kid was taught to hate gays by his father who insists God will punish gays.
Bill. Obama has claimed its easier to by a gun then a book or veggies Received three Pinochios from the Washington Post
@DrJohn: Sounds like some of those Christian Evangelical preachers.
Interesting the far right’s sudden concern for gays. lol
If we are free to speculate, details concerning the repeated homosexual activities and fact that he was recognized as a “regular” on that scene would suggest the murderous rampage targeted against the gay community amounted to his perceived means of redemption from that sin. That said, certainly investigators are keen to visit with any spiritual advisers who might have recommended something to that effect. If so I would expect appropriate charges to be made, regardless of any claims regarding freedom of expression or religion. Good luck with that unless Trump wins in November.
Obama the Fink gathering the usial persons to use as props to push for gun confiscation the dirty lying sack of pig poop is the nations #1 worst presidents ever