This is not out of the question;it's how sleeper cells operate. The plan could have been in place and ready to kick off for quite some time, just waiting for the order from their controller. Western leaders start high-fiving and backslapping over Jihad Johnny, and some mullah puppetmaster decides it's bad for recruiting, so he gives the order and steals the wind out of the sails of the west.
I don’t think the Joint Chiefs believe any news stations anymore. Fox included. They have no reason to.
“Western leaders start high-fiving and backslapping over Jihad Johnny, and some mullah puppetmaster decides it’s bad for recruiting, so he gives the order and steals the wind out of the sails of the west.”
Sorry, but what a stretch, to say the least. You don’t coordinate multiple attacks and get your people all into place, overnight.