By Nathan Barton
This weekend, war again came to America. My prayers are with the families of the dead, and those who are wounded, and their families and friends. I am thankful and honor those who tried to protect others and sometime died instead.
But it was war.
And as usual, the details are confusing, information conflicting, and claims abound.
One thing I think that I can safely say: with 22,000 people as witnesses, plus first responders, passers-by, and others, claims are unlikely to be made that all of this was a staged incident in which “crisis actors” played victims and family members, and that none (or most) of the 59 dead and 530+ wounded really were.
But that doesn’t mean that other claims will not be made – as indeed they are, winging their way to us all by the ether. Was the murderer really a lone wolf? Was the man who reportedly killed himself as police closed in really the killer? Despite all the dead and wounded, was it still a staged event put together as a false flag? Continue reading
Las Vegas Massacre #2
By Nathan Barton
As I said in part 1, war came to the streets of America again this weekend. In a way far more familiar to much of the rest of the world than such things as the Orlando or Columbine or Nashville church events are to Americans. (Indeed, the butcher’s bill in Nevada might even have been a bad day in Mesopotamia or Syria.)
Again, my prayers are for the families and survivors of the Las Vegas Massacre. And I recognize the courage of those, whether in uniform or not, who tried to protect others.
In the first commentary on this, I considered why the murderer did this evil deed. And how he could have developed into the monster he was.
Now let us consider how he did this, and whether or not anything can be done to keep this from happening again. Beyond trying to raise new generations with a moral compass that does not appear to be a room fan. Continue reading →