[tsowellfan]

I’ll wager you that the older of the perps is the skipper, while the younger is the cabin boy. The elder has the agenda, while the younger serves as his useful idiot; both probably feeling justified in what they did on the basis of some twisted ideology.

Sort of like the DC Snipers?

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Sort of like the DC Snipers?

I think so; that's usually the way it works when you have two ad hoc terrorists like this. If it were state-sponsored terrorism I'd say no, but this doesn't look like state-sponsored terrorism.