Squad Tactic Terrorism. Coming to a shopping mall near you.

Kenyan Soldiers preparing to assault the terrorist in a Kenyan mall.  Note that they are armed with SCAR assault rifles with EO Tech optics.  No doubt courtesy of a US Army Special Forces A-Team that I've read is operating in country.  Heck, they probably have advisers on the scene providing advise on how best to assault the bad guys.

We've seen it in India.

We're seeing it in Kenya.

Sooner or later we're going to see a major incident here in the US.  What should be troubling isn't the fact that we're setting ourselves up for another pressure cooker bomber, or even a car bomber.

What should keep the bubbas up in the FBI HRT Ready Room is the fact that for the second time we're seeing terrorist use rudimentary squad tactics in an assault against civilians.

What does this mean for the US?

In my opinion, we'll see this but on steroids.  In Kenya they assaulted the mall with real assault weapons.  They reportedly moved in teams and threw grenades into the crowds.  Additionally they picked their time well.  A childrens day at the mall.  A mall frequented by foreigners.  In particular Brits and Canadians.

We're past car bombs, pressure cooker bombs or beltway snipers.  We're headed toward real deal, Iraq war type combat in a public event near you.

The only real question is how many people they're going to send to do the deed.  I've always thought in terms of ten to maybe twenty people.  But here's a what if for ya.  What if they aim higher.  What if they launch a platoon sized attack with upwards of around 40 to 60 people?  If they've trained hard, have experience in Afghanistan or Iraq or Syria.  If they're well equipped then even the combined might of FBI Hostage Rescue Team and US Marshals Special Operations Group would be hard pressed to beat them.  Such an incident would probably require SOCOM to support the response with the deployment of Delta and SEAL Team 6 along with someone to provide perimeter security.

Even worse for us all is if this does come to pass this will shock the nation in a way that even 9/11 didn't.  Such an attack would send us down the path of being a velvet gloved police state.  I hope those boys in the NSA are doing more than monitoring what porn sites I visit.