I'm glad he was on a watchlist and I'm glad the media are stupid enough to make this fact public knowledge.
Every time they tell us that, the people of the world are once again reminded that there is no guard against islamic terrorism other than removing islam.
Here's my educated guess. This "Belgian" shooter was on a watchlist for regularly talking with ISIS about martyring himself. He was designated by the authorities as low risk because he had no material support and was capable of a knife attack at best.
One day an ISIS rep turns up at his door with an AK47 and says "let's go". They leave his phone at his house and drive to a quiet area where he does a bunch of hero drugs before going to carry out jihad against the kuffar.
So yeah. Watchlists are a joke. There are now so many illegal automatic weapons in Europe in jihadi hands that when things finally kick off it's going to be a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Anyone living within several blocks of an islamic ghetto needs to have a go-bag sitting by the door at all times. When these lunatics finally decide to attempt to grab a mini-caliphate for themselves they're going to hand out Kalashnikovs, grab as much space as they can hold, and go about killing or taking hostage all the infidels too slow to get out in time.
Every time they tell us that, the people of the world are once again reminded that there is no guard against islamic terrorism other than removing islam.
Here's my educated guess. This "Belgian" shooter was on a watchlist for regularly talking with ISIS about martyring himself. He was designated by the authorities as low risk because he had no material support and was capable of a knife attack at best.
One day an ISIS rep turns up at his door with an AK47 and says "let's go". They leave his phone at his house and drive to a quiet area where he does a bunch of hero drugs before going to carry out jihad against the kuffar.
So yeah. Watchlists are a joke. There are now so many illegal automatic weapons in Europe in jihadi hands that when things finally kick off it's going to be a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Anyone living within several blocks of an islamic ghetto needs to have a go-bag sitting by the door at all times. When these lunatics finally decide to attempt to grab a mini-caliphate for themselves they're going to hand out Kalashnikovs, grab as much space as they can hold, and go about killing or taking hostage all the infidels too slow to get out in time.
The public will judge a man by what he lifts, but those close to him will judge him by what he carries.