Charlie Hebdo

What is most interesting about the horrific attack against the French periodical Charlie Hebdo is that it was not yet another example of the now-common mental-illness-with-political-content terror attack. The gunmen were well-prepared, and escaped. They had a plan. The usual thing, of course, is ending such an attack with suicide, capture, or via cop bullets. These attackers were too good; they thought tactically, strategically, and politically. Of all the pieces being passed around online, I think Juan Cole's is the most useful.

I am still on the East Coast, typing via iPad. It is eight degrees Fahrenheit in Connecticut. More later.