yes, however, he knew exactly what the result would be. he had already been warned (including by SecDef Gates) that our personnel could be endangered and violence would result, yet he chose to do so anyway.
extremist Muslim leaders worldwide seek to expand the conflict by (1) showing the 'evil' hypocrisy of the United States and (2) extending it in any way possible to gain more converts to their cause.
psychologi
cally, Jones is a sociopathi
c narcissist
. he wants attention, and doesn't care who is harmed, including our own personnel. in his mind, he's right and the rest of the world (including us) is wrong. he's willing to do anything to get attention for himself and prove his point.
there is often a collusion among antagonist
s, when they find they share many of the same values and ideals. change the label, and Jones could be a member of the Taliban or an Iranian cleric. it's in the interest of both to keep things 'hot', in order to keep themselves in business. that said, he's allied with them on a philosophi
cal and perhaps legal level, although not physically
.
at least, that's my own opinion, poorly reasoned as it is. i don't claim to have all the answers, and i don't know federal law, but if after ten years of near-draco
nian laws under two administra
tions, Jones could be prosecuted for enraging the Muslim world, resulting in death and attacks on US personnel.
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