Check Your Brain At The Door Before Working For The Washington Post

Josh White is clueless when it comes to fathoming the motives of a jihadi.

Would someone please buy the Washington Post's Josh White a clue? He can't seem to get a handle on the "motive" for the actions of Yonathan Melaku (actually, I think White is pretending).

Melaku has just pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to 25 years in jail. Authorities say he vandalized military grave markers, shot at the Pentagon and military museums, and was working on an improvised explosive device. But the headline to White's story (HT Atlas Shrugs) and the reporter's content act as if no one has the foggiest idea what drop Melaku to do what he did.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2012/01/27/wapos-josh-white-cant-figure-out-motive-jihadist-military-site-vandalize#ixzz1kfK8ALiT