This right here is exactly why I despise conspiracy mongers like Alex Jones and his ilk. The soldier who was arrested for trying to materially aid ISIS believed in all sorts of conspiracy theories.
A former bunk mate of a U.S. soldier accused of pledging loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group says they debated conspiracy theories.
Dustin Lyles says Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang believed the moon landing was faked, questioned the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and thought the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job coordinated by the U.S. government.
Kang was arrested Saturday and appeared in federal court in Honolulu Thursday for a detention hearing. At the hearing, the Department of Justice introduced a photo of Kang kissing an ISIS flag. Kang also allegedly praised the Pulse nightclub shooting.
According to the FBI, he allegedly attempted to provide military documents and training to ISIS. On July 8, Kang allegedly swore allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and said he wanted to take his rifle and kill “a bunch of people,” according to court documents.
Now this may be more of a sign that he was insane than a sign that he was inspired by people like Alex Jones. But it doesn’t help when scumbags like him are pushing what they know to be false stories onto gullible and possibly mentally ill people. And it’s this kind of crap that happens. Thankfully, our intelligence agencies got to him before he could do anything terrible.
Can you imagine being on the battlefield in Iraq and believing that the only reason you’re there is because evil hidden forces in government plotted to kill 3,000 Americans?