I'm not sure if I understand all the points of disagreement between
@It Takes Eleven and
@24and7 , but I do agree with the claim that the most debauched portions of the intel community have been trying to condition Americans to fear so called "far-right extremists" and white men as the new terror threat. They've been seeding the media with this narrative for years, going back to the Obama admin, if I'm not mistaken. On the other hand, they have stretched the meaning of
terrorism to the point that they can use it anytime, anywhere, and on anyone who they want to marginalize, not unlike how accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, antisemitism, etc. have all been abused to silence opposing viewpoints.
To accept all this however should not discount the legitimate mental health crisis among veterans who have been horribly abused as canon fodder fighting no-win wars of choice, rather than wars of defense, for reasons other than those to which they consented.