People are wondering what motivated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to commit the atrocity in Boston. His page on the Russian-language social networking site vk.com (short for "v kontakte," or "in contact") is still up as of this writing. It looks fairly normal, with links to a couple of generic pages about Chechnya.
His worldview is listed as "Islam" and his personal priority is listed as "career and money." Not exactly a terrorist manifesto, is it?
There is one thing that may shed some light on his mindset, a joke he posted on March 19:
В школе задают загадку..ЕдетTranslated into English:
автомобиль. В нем сидят – дагестанец,
чеченец и ингуш.
Вопрос – кто ведет машину ?
Мага отвечает: - Полиция.
In school they posed a riddle: A car is going along. In it sit a guy from Dagestan, one from Chechnya and one from Ingushetia [regions of Russia that have been torn by insurrection and repression].
Question: who's driving the car?
Maga answers: The police.
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NPR (& Nikto): "Now that it’s established the suspects aren’t with the Tea Party, it’s important not to speculate about their motives."
— Popehat
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