Originally Posted by
number8
The randomness has to do with the fact that these attacks no longer need to be coordinated on any level. Structured terrorism is Al Qaeda thinking from last decade. Many of these ISIS attacks now are claimed after the fact, so all you need is to expel hateful rhetoric over the internet and wait for wannabe lone wolves all over the world to do something, then say they were your boy.
This dude didn't even have any weapons or explosives. He just waited for a crowd and stepped on a gas pedal. That's it. That's how easy it is for terrorism to work. And what are you gonna do about it? There's nothing to bomb in retaliation. You can't assassinate an idea.