Ron Enzweiler discusses the narratives surrounding domestic terrorist attacks like the one in Pensacola, Florida last December. Too often, these incidents are practically ignored, disappearing from the news before anyone can dig deeply into the details. When they are covered, the story often conveniently revolves around the idea that the attacker supposedly hated American freedoms or was simply radicalized by a dangerous form of Islam. In reality, says Enzweiler, these terrorists are often very specific in describing their motives: they are trying to strike back at America for its detrimental and unjust role in conducting aggressive wars in the Middle East, where it has no business. Talking about these motives is not in any way to excuse the murder of American citizens. But Enzweiler and Scott agree that if we want to prevent future attacks, we must first understand the conditions under which they are likely to take place.

Discussed on the show:

“Gaslighting of the American Public on Pensacola Terrorist Attack Continues” (Antiwar.com Original)

2009 Fort Hood shooting

“Do Saudi Arabs Really Love Americans?” (Antiwar.com Original)

“U.S. Policy in the Gulf: – Five Years of Dual Containment” (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

“The Middle East Isn’t Worth It Anymore” (WSJ)

“Pensacola: Blowback Terrorism” (Antiwar.com Original)

“The future of U.S.-Saudi relations” (Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft)

Ron Enzweiler is an air force veteran and worked for USAID in Iraq for seven years. He is the author of When Will We Ever Learn. You can follow his writing at Antiwar.com.

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Show TranscriptScott Horton 0:10

All right shall welcome Scott Horton show. I am the director of the libertarian Institute editorial director of anti war calm, author of the book fool's errand, time to end the war in Afghanistan. And I've recorded more than 5000 interviews going back to 2003, all of which are available at Scotthorton.org. You can also sign up to the podcast feed full archive is also [email protected]. Slash Scott Horton show.

Aren't you guys introducing Ron ends Wyler. He was in the State Department in Iraq and Afghanistan and also worked with us aid. But now he's a good guy and writes for us at anti war calm from time and this one is really important gas lighting of the American public on Pensacola. terrorist attack continues. Welcome back to the show. Ron, how are you doing?

Ron Enzweiler 1:04

Hey, Scott, great, great to be on your program again and supporting your journalism and the anti war con people. So thank you.

Scott Horton 1:13

Yeah, well, we're happy to have you around, you do good stuff. And this is, well, it's a crazy time all the way around. And our news cycle is dominated, of course, by the big germ. So it's important that we keep a spotlight on all this other stuff that is still also important, such as this terrorist attack at Pensacola and Naval Air Station, back on December the sixth of 2019 by a Saudi national who was in the US for pilot training at the Naval Air Station there. And as you remind us here, three Americans were killed and eight were injured. And then just last week, there was one right along these lines. I hope you know the details better than me because I don't know him very...