Op-ed:
A Bit Too Close to Home
“Evil and disgusting.”
-Florida Governor Rick Scott on CNN late last Friday afternoon
This past Friday, January
6, 2017, at about 1pm EST... terrorism...islamic terrorism of the domestic kind...hit a bit too close to
home when South Florida’s Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport came
under siege.
Living in a Ft. Lauderdale suburb, I, like many of my fellow
locals, sat glued to our televisions as the horrific events unfolded. Events
that saw New Jersey-born, American citizen, and Iraq War combat veteran 26-year
old Esteban Santiago-Ruiz (the full Spanish version of his name), mow down in a
mere 70 to 80 seconds 13 people waiting for their suitcases at Terminal 2’s Delta
Airlines baggage claim area, and doing so in a cold-blooded yet clearly
calculated and methodical way. Aiming directly for the head, Santiago murdered five
innocent bystanders* and seriously injured eight others...most being tourists
heading to Ft. Lauderdale based Caribbean cruise vacations.
Captured without protest after he emptied the two cartridges
he carried (roughly 15 rounds) into randomly chosen victims (the Walther 9mm
semi-automatic handgun Santiago used was in his checked bag which as per federal
rules can be declared and checked under the plane but not carried on)...Santiago when
taken into custody told the F.B.I. that th
e“voices
in his head” were telling him to fight for ISIS...
“voices” that the liberal do-gooders are now using to help set the stage
for either a PTSD or an insanity defense. And this stage-setting gives the
media much needed fodder to help twist facts into lies... lies they hope the
gullible amongst us will swallow as they once again help to cover for and
deflect away from the truth about this young man and his ties to islamic
terrorism of the domestic kind.
And remember that no matter what the media and the talking
heads say, it must be understand that this attack was indeed a planned and carefully
orchestrated deliberate act of terrorism perpetrated by an islamic follower.
And little if any credence must be given to Santiago’s family and friends who, as
expected, are claiming that Santiago’s now exposed ‘troubled behavior’ began almost
immediately after he returned from a tour of duty in Iraq...a sure sign that a
PTSD defense for his actions will be the one the defense uses.... the same defense
used by the lawyers who defended the killer of American hero Kris Kyle.
But could this what most likely will be a PTSD blame game defense
be an Obama and media fabricated construct designed to further take away our
veteran's rights and credibility...I would NOT put it passed them as Obama
would love nothing better than to leave office by further defaming our military,
especially since Santiago was already known by the Army for his ’troubled
behavior’ and whose family claims the army did not do enough to help their ‘supposedly’
mentally ill relative.
Also known to both the Anchorage F.B.I. and to the Anchorage
police, what is amazing is why then if Santiago (who had a minor criminal
record) exhibited ‘troubled behavior’ to both...including telling the Anchorage
F.B.I. that he had “terrorist thoughts” and
was “influenced by ISIS” but was
given mere lip-service to and dismissed...was
he not put on the ‘NO-Fly’ list, and why did the Anchorage police return a
handgun to Santiago (some are now saying it’s the very gun he used in the
airport massacre) that had been ‘temporarily’ taken away from him on November
7, 2016, when he underwent a police-ordered mental evaluation where he was
deemed not mentally ill.
Deemed not mentally ill...an important fact to remember as
this gives more credence to the truth that Estaban Santiago-Ruiz was indeed a domestic
terrorist of the homegrown sort.
It also means that if the Anchorage police had been more diligent
in their jobs, if the F.B.I. had been more diligent in theirs, if the ‘red
flags’ present for all to see had not basically been ignored, maybe then five
innocent people would be alive today.
Now let’s delve into a few key truths about this homegrown
terrorist...this islamist hiding in plain sight. And while the media and this
still-sitting administration is trying to get us to believe that Estaban
Santiago-Ruiz either has PTSD or is
completely mad...the fact is that this very man has admitted that he did the shooting and that
it was pre-planned to cause as much carnage as possible. And yet the media refuses to admit, were told to
ignore, or were ‘ordered’ to dare not speak of Santiago’s strong and yet undeniable
islamic ties.
And these ties include that:
- Santiago received a General Discharge from the
Army Reserves on August 16, 2016 for ‘Unsatisfactory Performance’ but the
question remains in regards to what exactly.
- While living in Alaska, Santiago lived a mere
1.4 miles away from Alaska’s only mosque, which according to some he frequently
visited.
- Out of all the flight connections he could have
taken from Alaska to South Florida, Santiago chose to go through Delta Airlines
on a one-way ticket knowing that his flight change would be in Minneapolis...a
city with a large muslim community...a muslim community full of known extremists...leaving
one to wonder did he meet with any of them during his layover.
- A one-way ticket under the circumstances is a
tip-off that Santiago did not expect to return but to die in the cause of jihad.
- Santiago posted pictures of himself on Twitter complete with his sporting an islamic style beard and with
his neck wrapped in a Palestinian keffiyeh (the garment favored by PLO leader
Yassir Arafat) while holding up his right index finger in the now easily recognized islamic
loyalty declaration common to members of ISIS...a finger salute that refers to the
tawhid...the belief in the oneness of God that is a key component of islam.
- In
2007, three years before being deployed to Iraq, Santiago opened a Myspace
account under the muslim name ‘Aashiq Hammad’ which alone should prove
he is not a mentally disturbed veteran.
- Under the above said name 'Aashiq Hammad,' Santiago recorded songs
in Arabic including “La ilaha illAllah”
which not only translates to “There is no
God but Allah,” but is the first half of the Shahadah, the muslim
declaration of faith and is the islamic conversion prayer...meaning Estaban
Santiago-Ruiz converted to islam most likely while in Iraq.
- At the same time he was recording islamic songs,
Santiago was also posting on a little known explosives and weapons internet site including
on a thread about how to bulk and mass-download jihadi videos using the email address‘Naota33@hotmail.com’ which was then linked to the above stated Myspace URL with the name ‘Aashiq Hammad’
- On the site ‘Everipedia’ https://www.everipedia.com/esteban-santiago/
(a site not unlike Wikipedia) Santiago is listed as a Sunni muslim with Salafi
beliefs (Salafi is an orthodox Sunni muslim sect advocating a return to the
early islam of the qur’an and sunna).
- Santiago’s planning of this attack was too
calculated and well planned for someone with mental illness, meaning if indeed
mentally ill, he must have had help. Also, it is quite unnerving that as per terrorist
expert Michael S. Smith ll, ISIS terrorist channels knew Esteban Santiago's name before
the news media reported it here.
- Bottom line...Estaban Santiago-Ruiz...a man with
obvious islamic ties...was acting as a lone wolf fitting to a tee the profile
of one who perpetrates and commits terrorist acts of war common to those who
either belong to or who have sworn allegiance to ISIS.
So now that we know Santiago’s islamic ties we can see how this
event will be manipulated in order to render those ties unimportant, and how this case
will then be twisted into Chris Kyle revisited albeit with more victims.
Want proof of that...let’s start with the fact that while
the criminal complaint has already been filed by Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo
Ferrer, a complaint accusing Santiago of an act of violence at an international
airport that resulted in death, in addition to it containing two firearms
offenses, with the main offense carrying with it a maximum punishment of death
or life in prison...I find it very interesting that certain officials in both Florida
and Alaska are ruling out terrorism as a motive. And this includes Alaska U.S.
Attorney Karen Loeffler, who is making excuses for giving Santiago his November
taken away gun back by claiming that with no formal adjudication of mental
illness being issued that the police’s hands were tied.
Now add in that Marlin Ritzman, the F.B.I.’s special agent
in charge, told reporters in Anchorage that there was no indication that
Santiago worked with any other individuals when he planned and carried out the
airport attack, thus being completely clueless to the fact that Santiago’s islamic ties were as clear as the nose on his face. In fact, any ties no matter how small should have been an
immediate ‘red flag.’
And cluelessness also extends to Ritzman's Florida counterpart George
Piro, who said that the
"indications
are that he came here to carry out this horrific attack” but that
"We have not identified any triggers”
and that "It appears the shooter was acting alone, but, again, it’s early
in the investigation."
Yes, it is early in the investigation but not too early to
see that the islamic-condoning Obama administration...and haven’t they been a wee
bit too silent concerning this incident...coupled with media manipulation
seems to be the order of the day as they attempt to twist an obvious act of
islamic terrorism into one of PTSD (remember Santiago was not deemed mentally
ill, therefore, an insanity defense would be much harder to prove than one of PTSD)...and
that not only is a slap in the face to those returning troops and vets who
truly suffer its ravages but to our military as a whole as well.
So as we now await what the administration and the media
wants us to believe is the motive behind the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport shooting... and as we locals come to grips with the fact that islamic terrorism
has come to our South Florida paradise...just know that the gun-control loons
will be out in full force as they willingly ignore the fact that just one person
with a gun at the baggage claim area could have prevented the extent of the
carnage, and maybe even save we taxpayers the expense of a trial for an
islamist who oh so proudly has already admitted his guilt.
But then again incidents like this are a hallmark of the
Obama presidency (remember Ft. Hood, the Boston Massacre, Orlando, San Bernardino,
and many others) and must be a part of his failed legacy for Barack HUSSEIN
Obama and his traitorous ways built incidents like and now he and his ilk must
take ownership of it.
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* To date as I write this article, three of the five victims
have been identified as Terry Andres, 62, a Norfolk Naval Shipyard employee from
Virginia Beach;
Olga
Woltering, a
great-grandmother from Georgia; and Michael Oehme, of Council Bluffs,
Iowa...all
murdered right before their spouses eyes. May they Rest in Peace...and
may islamic bastard Estaban Santiago-Ruiz rot in hell forever.
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