Plain To See
A just released video obtained by TMZ shows the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooter Esteban Santiago firing his first three shots. It can be viewed through the following link:
One of the remarkable things about this video is the matter of fact demeanor of the shooter. Another is his absolute disregard for human life. He shows cool conviction with no hesitation, angst or remorse. He does NOT appear to be deranged, unhinged or crazy. And after he runs out of ammunition, he discards his weapon and lies down on the floor, quite aware, apparently, that this “surrender” would minimize the chance that he’d be shot.
While the Department of Homeland Security, the police and the mainstream media search for “motives” for Santiago’s deadly airport massacre, it turns out that major “clues” are there for all to see.
It transpires that Mr. Santiago had a MySpace Account. And it turns out that that he has posted three songs in Arabic on that account. The first is “La ilaha illAllah” which translates to “There is no God but Allah.” and is the first “pillar” of Islam, the shahada or declaration of faith. It also turns out that Mr. Santiago has posted pictures with him displaying the one finger ISIS salute (the one finger is used to indicate that there is but one God). And, it turns out, that he’d been watching ISIS videos of late (the fact of which he had informed an apparently disinterested FBI just two months earlier!). And, finally, it turns out that Mr. Santiago has an alias on MySpace: Is it “Carlos Danger”? Or “Darth Vader”? or some other secular moniker…No!….It turns out that his MySpace name was…AASHIQ HAMMAD! Imagine that! A Muslim Name!
So while authorities and the media “look for motives” and focus on psychopathology, cultural and economic problems, lax gun laws and the like, his real motives are plain for us to see.