Terrorists Want Suspicion Cast Upon All Muslims

With Wednesday's attack by a couple against a special needs care center in San Bernardino, California that resulted, at present count, in 14 deaths and 21 injuries, I feel that I am beginning to understand something fundamental about the aims of radical Islam, rooted in the Wahhabi sect of the Arabian peninsula (started in the 1700s, more than 1,000 years after the start of Islam, ostensibly to return to the "fundamental" roots of the religion), as expressed in terrorist acts concocted by ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and their followers...

The man in the attack was a five-year employee of the company who angrily left a Christmas party they were holding for the staff, of which he was a part.  That this may have just been an act was shown by evidence that he and his wife, whom he had met while visiting Saudi Arabia two years earlier, had already been planning something for some time.  They were suited up for combat and had 2 automatic rifles, 2 handguns, and at their apartment were 12 bombs and 1600+ rounds of ammunition, factors that express premeditation and extensive preparation for their murderous acts. The initial scenario of a worker disgruntled with his colleagues turned out to just be a smoke-screen for the terrorists' true intentions: the man (whose name does not deserve mention) "attended" the party only to scout it out and determine the strategy that he and his accomplice would employ.  Leaving angrily only covered up his true intentions...

ISIS, which Islamic leaders have been disavowing as not being a part of their faith, pejoratively calling it "DAESH", wants their brand of ideology to be seen by the world as being synonymous with Islam. They want to co-opt the entire religion for their own peculiar ideology, and having Muslims everywhere viewed with suspicion of possibly sharing their violent and murderous take on society is an integral part of this strategy...as demonstrated by the nature of these many "isolated" attacks that have recently been perpetrated in disparate locations, with those performing them regularly and openly identifying with Islam and acknowledging ISIS as their authority.  My recommendation is to combat this by engaging the Muslim community, not isolating it, and exchange information with each other regarding our positions and perspectives.  Sure, be secure...but also engage...