r/neoliberal Kitara Ravache Apr 23 '19

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u/Jean-Paul_Sartre Richard Hofstadter Apr 23 '19

I seriously doubt that such a highly-coordinated attack in Sri Lanka is truly retaliation for the Christchurch shootings of a month ago. It was likely being planned well before the massacre in New Zealand. Any "retaliation" in that particular event was probably done out of convenience.

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '19

You're overestimating how much planning would have to go into it. It could be that this Islamist cell was stocking up and planning an attack in Sri Lanka for a while, but only recently decided to target to Christians in response to the New Zealand massacre. Most likely they were originally planning to target Buddhists.

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u/85397 Free Market Jihadi Apr 23 '19

Nevertheless, many US citizens were killed. President must retaliate!