Something the MSM or the whining leftists didn’t mention when the latest National Intelligence Estimate came out a couple weeks back was that the average citizen has more to worry about from Animal Rights “eco-warriors” than we do from Al Qaeda.
The most dangerous domestic terrorists in the United States may have nothing to do with Islam or Iraq but may be little-known extremists who regard violence against animals as akin to violence against people, according to FBI officials.
This week, a declassified portion of the latest National Intelligence Estimate for the United States warned that Americans can expect attacks from these groups within the next three years.
The estimate refers to “single issue” groups that, according to law enforcement, often include radical environmentalist organizations. Among the most visible: the Animal Liberation Front and allied Earth Liberation Front, and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC).
“When they hear ‘terrorism’ a lot of times people just think al-Qaeda and some of the international extremist groups that pose the real serious risks in national security, and that is not always the case when you’re talking about terrorism,” said FBI Spokesperson Paul Bresson.
Reading the link you’ll see that the spokespeople for these groups don’t recognize what their “warriors” do as “terrorism”. This is only because they they equate any action taken by these “warriors”, whether it be protesting in front of a doctor’s house or burning it to the ground, as just.
For instance, the same week that the NIE came out, Dr. Jerry Vlasak, made a statement about how the methods currently in use, firebombing, etc., are just not enough, and confirmed what the FBI said in the previous link.
Radical animal rights activists will likely use “any means necessary” to stop what they consider the torture of animals, according to one of the movement’s most prominent spokespeople.
“Nothing else works, and these people are torturing animals to death, and they should be stopped,” said Dr. Jerry Vlasak, a press officer with the North American Animal Liberation Press Office. “If they won’t stop after using every other [peaceful means], they should be stopped using any means necessary.”
In what would represent a major departure from the movement’s traditional ban on violence against individuals, Vlasak said Americans can expect to see more violence done against “animal abusers,” including university scientists who participate in animal testing.
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Until relatively recently, animal liberationists have focused their efforts on economic damage, taking steps to avoid harm to humans or animals. But some activists, like Daniel Andreas San Diego, wanted for two bombings in 2003, are beginning to target individuals.
“Other organizations say the reluctance to use violence is a failed tactic,” said Vlasak. “[African National Congress leader and former South African President] Nelson Mandela said the use of nonviolence is not a moral principle but it’s a strategy, and there’s no moral goodness in using an ineffective strategy.”
It’s rhetoric like that which has observers of the radical animal rights movement growing nervous and demanding action.
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As I’ve said here a number of times, I’m awaiting this “revolution” for over two decades now. Frankly, I’m a bit bored with these eco-weenies wailing and gnashing their teeth.
So here is to a declaration of open season on these domestic terrorists. Sooner rather than later.