is to be a "potential victim"?

And couldn't "that person shouldn't have ever been there" apply to any innocent victim in a way that basically avoids saying that there's a murderer but, ya know, let's not talk about that person.

Why would somebody shoot a guardsman any more than anybody else unless they swallowed some 'background noise' about fighting fascists and resisting the occupation? I mean, that kind of talk never hurt anybody, not really.

Have to wonder about the early "allahu akbar" claim, though. It's dropped out of the reporting--is that because it's false or impolitic?

Not sure what the point of that would be.

The fact is that those particular victims would not have been in DC in the first place to get shot if it were not for a performative stunt The Dotard chose to engage in with NG as his props. The Dotard performed a particular action which resulted in those two victims being shot, and his "solution" to a problem he created is to perform the same action over again.

And I see the White House has moved back further away, Yesterday it was "only a block away" and failing to mention dumpster was far away.

Who besides the Trump Administration has a motive for some former Afghani CIA linked operative driving across the country to shoot two random NG troopers to get the heat off of the stench of a failed everything?

I doubt we’ll ever get to a motive.

An armed foreign national of a country that technically we still have an “authorization of use of force” , fires a weapon and hits two uniformed members of the U.S. military? That is a military attack.

He can possibly claim that he is a legal combatant, and struck against other legal combatants. That certainly has the possibility to become a very thorny legal issue.

Under the law of war, a legal combatant once captured, is entitled to POW status, held by a military POW facility, and must be repatriated once the “war” is over.

It can be argued that it was a legal military attack.

...and thus no possible POW status, as I understand things, but I'm no expert.

We weren't at war with Afghanistan in the last decade anyway but helping the Afghan govt fight insurgents.

Since the Taliban recently arose to power not aware of any US strikes there.

Since 2001, it is still in effect.

Thinking TSF's cult want religion in schools and every place possible. Just what America needs is a war on WHAT religion will Americans fight about?

Given sort of safe passage to have it ripped away. I'm sure that with each mile he traveled, his rage grew.

I'm sorry for the guardsmen who were shot and I hope they live and recover.

than going back to Afghanistan.

After what he did for us in Afghanistan and then tsf getting ready to deport every one, I think he snapped. But who knows?

for collaborating with Americans.

Unintended consequences of foul, racist immigration policies from a demented madman.

Perhaps.

We said we would take care of those who helped us and tsf has once again used his power to destroy every ne and every thing. ETTD

Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge

WASHINGTON (AP) — Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia announced Friday, while investigators continue to seek a motive.

Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24 were hospitalized in critical condition after the Wednesday afternoon shooting near the White House. Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said the charges against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War, now include one count of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed.

Beckstrom and Wolfe were deployed with the West Virginia National Guard as part of President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting mission that federalized the D.C. police force. The president also has deployed or tried to deploy National Guard members to other cities to assist with his mass deportation efforts but has faced court challenges.

https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-shooting-suspect-585e36855d1dddd3e801708987c776c0

this is AMERICA, any nutcase can easily "get a gun"

Maybe legally, maybe not, but it isn't difficult. Private sellers are loosely regulated if at all, and if you know the right connections, some dodgy character will be happy to sell you one from the trunk of his car.