FBI disrupts terror plot targeting UFC event on White House lawn.

 

Two rifles found by the FBI. Fox News/DOJ.

The FBI has disrupted a major terror plot that was targeting the UFC event held at the White House over the weekend. Fox News. The plot was complex and had multiple participants. It would have involved drone attacks on the event and then rifle attacks on survivors. The suspects had gathered weapons but had not secured the drones or explosives. However, the plot fell apart after one of the suspects mothers became concerned about her 19 year old son's behavior. She contacted the FBI who arrested her son and four other conspirators for the plot. 

My Comment:

It's unclear how far along this plot was. I think the portion about the drone attack is oversold. From what I understand they were unable to get the explosives. However, five guys armed with rifles could have done a lot of damage, even given the extreme security. They would likely have been shot and killed by Secret Service snipers, or even Capital Police, but they could have killed and wounded some people. 

Though the plot wouldn't have been as bad as the attackers wanted, it was a hugely dangerous plot. Had Tycen Proper's mother not turned him in, there was a very good chance this plot would have gone forward in some fashion. It might not have targeted the UFC event, the plot seemed like it was rushed, but I am guessing there would have been bloodshed. 

Keep in mind that President Trump was in attendance of this event and it might have been yet another assassination attempt. It would not have succeeded without the drones, but it was a genuine threat. I've lost track of how many attacks Trump has faced now but this is yet another one. 

The politics of this situation doesn't really match up with the right wing or left wing. These folks were accelerationists. They want America to fall and for it to be replaced with something else. It's a naive and stupid worldview as it would involve a whole lot of deaths of innocent people. And there was no guarantee that whatever comes next would be any better than what we have now. 

It's also clear that they were pretty deep in the conspiracy theory weeds. They seemed to be motivated by whatever popular conspiracy theory of the day was, in this case, data centers, Jeffrey Epstein and Israel. None of those neatly map onto the right or left, so this seems like something different.

It's not the first accelerationist attack either. There's a disturbing number of people that think we can't really vote our way out of our problems anymore. I'd even say they have a point if they are talking about Europe, but in the United States it's fairly baffling. In my view, things are absolutely changing for the better, not only by my standards, but by the standards of the accelerationists as well. It's an ideology that doesn't make much in the way of sense.