A Muslim jihadi’s plan to attack Corpus Christi Naval Air Station gets thwarted by a woman sailor, who takes a gunshot to the chest but — thanks to a Kevlar vest — gets up and stops the attack, with a little help from her friends. Why isn’t this hero’s name on the lips of every American?
Right Angle with Bill Whittle, Scott Ott, and Stephen Green, is a production of our Members, who enjoy access to backstage content, and communication tools that make it a community of conservatives spreading the song of liberty around the world. Join us today.
8 replies on “Jihadi Shoots Sailor in Chest: She Gets Up, Stops Attack on Corpus Christi Base”
Why didn’t you hear about this story?
A. Military thwarts a terrorist.
B. Gate guard was a woman.
C. She used a gun.
D. The terrorist was an Islamist.
It has become very hard to be a leftist these days, I mean – what do you do on an incident like this?
Will you take it as an opportunity to promote weman?
Or will you try to downplay to protect those naughty jihadist?
Exactly right, Steve – which side are they on?
I agree with all of the thoughts expressed in this episode. I think there is probably a silver lining to the news coverage failure, which is that it’s possible that the next guard at a U.S. military installation will again be shot in the kevlar instead of in the forehead by the next jihadi.
She is a heroine. She is rightly referred to as a young lady, and addressed as ma’am by civilians. The jihadi is not a “gentleman.” I would even deny him the dignity of the term “man.”
I commend the FBI under this administration for calling this “terrorism.” While the FBI and Navy itself appear to have refrained from using the words “jihadi” or “Muslim,” they also did not publish the jihadi’s photograph, and Secretary Esper linked it with the Pensacola jihadist attack. They named him and stated that he was a U.S. citizen born in Syria. Other news sources reviewed his social media and then started calling him a jihadi.
I read all of the tweets by the FBI Houston office (the official source of information after the first very brief press conference), and it was remarkable that there were hardly any comments and retweets.
The only place I found a photograph of the jihadi was in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, where it appears to have been covered as a local news story.
While the lack of national media coverage is noteworthy, it is also remarkable that coverage of (attempted) mass shootings, whatever their motivation, as a local news story is what many of us have been asking for.
The thing that most often brings a tear to my eyes is Injustice, especially in the face of a courageous act. That this Sailor did what she did is inspiring, even though that was her job. What is a travesty is that We, The People can’t say “Thank you…”.
I agree with Steve that it’s not quite right to say that the media is on the other side, and it would probably be appropriate to call them Other Side Adjacent
I am absolutely amazed and impressed by this woman’s courage. But the quality that most dazzled me was her being able to keep her wits and focus on her job and position. I don’t know how old she is but I imagine fairly young. Many of her peers would have: 1) just lain helplessly waiting for someone to rescue them and take care of the threat or 2) flapped around with their hair on fire screaming. To know that we have such young people with the will and knowhow as well as courage gives me hope for our future.
Just to clarify, I’m assuming that when you say “Many of her peers” you mean people her age, right? The way I read what you wrote it sounded like you were referring to her fellow troops as her peers, which I don’t think you were saying
I never thought of that angle probably because I don’t think of other service people just lying around being totally dependent on others or flapping around like chickens with their heads cut off. No, I had mentioned that I assumed she was relatively young so was talking about others of that age group.