"Over the holiday weekend in Washington, DC, two members of the West Virginia National Guard, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, were shot at a short metro ride from my house. Beckstrom died from her injuries and, as of this writing, Wolfe remains in critical condition. The news quickly spread that the shooter was a CIA-trained Afghan man named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who seems to have been psychologically ravaged by his experience in a death squad underwritten with our tax dollars."
"Morrisey, the governor of one of the poorest states in the country and who has spent much of his time attacking " the woke mind virus," is pushing the following line across the media: "When the evildoers step up, we have to make sure that we do everything in our power to push back against them. We have to stand strong for basic principles like protecting our nation's capital, for eliminating violence for reducing crime."
Over a holiday weekend in Washington, DC, two West Virginia National Guard members, Sarah Beckstrom (20) and Andrew Wolfe (24), were shot; Beckstrom died and Wolfe remained in critical condition. The suspected shooter was identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a CIA-trained Afghan allegedly psychologically ravaged by his experience in a US-supported death squad. The Trump administration responded by amplifying anti-immigrant rhetoric instead of assessing possible imperial blowback from US foreign policy. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey framed the incident as justification for stronger crime reduction and protection of the national capital. Critics argue that political leaders are exploiting the shooting to promote xenophobia while obscuring the role of US-trained forces and broader policy failures.
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