The Smithian · '...In 2009...a DHS report outlin[ed] how “[t]he economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment.” The report included a section about “disgruntled military veterans,” warning that they were an appealing group to extremists, in part because of their military training. “The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today,” it read, citing Timothy McVeigh, the veteran of Operation Desert Storm who killed 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing...'

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August 13th, 2012

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'...In 2009...a DHS report outlin[ed] how “[t]he economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment.” The report included a section about “disgruntled military veterans,” warning that they were an appealing group to extremists, in part because of their military training. “The willingness of a small percentage of military personnel to join extremist groups during the 1990s because they were disgruntled, disillusioned, or suffering from the psychological effects of war is being replicated today,” it read, citing Timothy McVeigh, the veteran of Operation Desert Storm who killed 168 people in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing...'

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Interesting timing coinciding with the galvanization of the Tea Party “movement.”
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