On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 18:16:11 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

... that *if* the whole story behind the female shooter in CA (Tashfeen
Malik) comes out, that she originally had a closer tie and sympathies to
al Qaeda than to ISIS. She apparently was very upset with the USA's
excursion into Pakistan (her homeland) to get bin Laden, a feeling
shared by about 64 percent of the Pakistani population.

I think that may be a distinction without a difference. It may blunt
the excuses being used to start a larger war in Syria but considering
the way we have justified waging these wars, I doubt it.