Arrest in MLK Day bombing attempt

Apparently, Spokane police have arrested a man in connection with that attempted bombing in Spokane on Martin Luther King, Jr Day. It was a backpack bomb placed near a parade route. The arrest was a 36-year-old “ex-soldier” named Kevin William Harpham. Of course the media jumps on the phone and calls Mark Potok;

Potok said his organization’s records also indicate that Harpham was in the U.S. Army in 1996 and 1997, serving with the 37th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Lewis.

And, of course, the Left jumps to defend Potok’s and the Department of Homeland Security’s contention that veterans of the recent wars are likely to become terrorists. Except that Harpham was in the Army for a brief period well before the current wars began.

All of you Redlegs out there raise your hands if you received training from the Army to make backpack bombs. Yeah, none of you. So this particular shitbag learned to make backpack bombs somewhere besides the Army.

Somehow, Crooks and Liars thinks this vindicates Potok and the DHS. About as much as 88-year-old John von Brunn’s actions supported the “veteran-as-terrorist” fairy tale.

So far, none of the veterans who’ve been accused of being terrorists have served in the current wars. So Potok and the DHS remain idiots.

Category: Shitbags, SPLC, Terror War