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Shamsud-Din Jabbar and the New Orleans Truck Attack
from Tesla Trucks, Taiwan & The Fog | The Tim Dillon Show #424 · #424
9 min
News
Tim details the New Orleans Bourbon Street truck attack by US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar who joined ISIS, discussing his radicalization, his house, and what it means for immigration and returning veterans.
- Shamsud-Din Jabbar, an American citizen who joined ISIS, carried out the New Orleans truck attack on New Year's Eve.
- Tim argues the attack is a failure of both legal and illegal immigration systems—the goal should be assimilation, not radicalization.
- A person trained by the U.S. military then joining ISIS means they acquire dual skills, which is not what any country wants from its immigration policy.
- Even though radicalized terrorists represent a statistically tiny group, truck attacks into crowds remain tremendously disruptive and deadly.
- ISIS recruiters will have an easier time now because America is throwing people into the street as the financial system collapses.
- When a healthcare CEO gets shot and people cheer, it shows the population is angry, frustrated, and not happy—making them vulnerable to ISIS recruitment.
- Importing people from countries with sympathetic views toward ISIS doesn't help, and questioning this policy results in being labeled a Nazi and racist.
- The U.S. has been meddling in other countries for years, which gives people reasons to resent America, yet this gets overlooked.
- Tim suspects religion played a significant role in Jabbar's radicalization, despite official reports remaining unclear on what caused it.
- Many Americans face financial struggles and family health crises, but very few of them drive rental cars into crowded streets on New Year's Eve.
ISISShamsud-Din JabbarimmigrationBourbon Streetterrorism and radicalization