I wonder what the motive was.
Importing our own worst enemies is a national death wish, yet we keep bringing people to this country who hate us and want to see us conquered, broken and defeated. Is it any wonder than they then go out and do things like this.
On March 16, an Air Force airman discovered the device outside the MacDill visitor center, six days after it was planted.
On March 10, Alen Zheng allegedly planted an improvised explosive device (IED) in a secluded location outside the base’s visitor center.
Minutes later, officials claim he placed a cryptic 911 call stating a bomb had been planted, but refused to provide the exact location.
The device, which officials noted was potentially “very deadly,” failed to detonate.
The siblings fled to the People’s Republic of China on March 12, just two days after the incident, according to authorities. Ann Mary was apprehended after returning to the U.S. via a Detroit airport on March 17.
I wonder what the motive of enemy nationals planting a bomb at an Air Force Base might have been. Much like that of Islamic terrorists, we’ll never know, I’m sure.
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Daniel became CEO of the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 2025.
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