The Pulse Terror Attack: The Motives.

On June 12th (12/6/16) the US suffered its worst terror attack since September 11th 2001 (11/9/01) when a gunman walked into the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida and murdered 49 people while attempting to murder 53 others. He was killed in the course of the attack.

Due to the time difference this attack was unfolding as I got up on that Sunday morning. At that time the police were not releasing many details of the attack as they first tried to respond to it. With no initial reports of any fatalities this sounded to me like the sort of stunt a government stages to send coded messages to other governments.

Encountering around one story a day like that at the moment I decided that events in Orlando were something I could get back to once I'd woken up a bit and more details had become available.

By the time I returned to the story about six hours later the extent of the slaughter had become clear. With possibly more than 100 people killed it was obvious this was not something that the US would do to itself.

In situations as traumatic as this is becomes all too easy to fixate on strange little details and see hidden meaning in random coincidences.

The example that always sticks with me is of an older Irish woman who was in Church when a naked swordsman attacked the congregation. All she could remember about the attack was being outraged that a man had exposed his circumcised penis in a Church. It was obviously easier for her brain to process being outraged at that than the extreme and bloody violence that surrounded it.

With the Pulse nightclub being a gay nightclub the fact that 49 people were killed provides another example. In American Football/Super Bowl code gay people are represented by the San Francisco 49's. Therefore the death toll of 49 could be viewed as a reference to that.

However I gather from local medical professionals that the attacker had an extremely good go at killing a lot more than 49 people. Therefore this coincidence seems to be just that. A random coincidence.

Being aware of how easy it is to find false meaning in random coincidence once I'd realised that the Pulse attack was a genuine attack I sort of dismissed all the things that sounded like intentional references out of hand.

However I have since considered it more carefully and there are number of elements of the attack that seem both intentional and planned.

The Eurovision Song Contest: It was two days prior to the Pulse attack that I finished my marathon coverage of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest which took place in mid-May. Although there is much more to it than that the Song Contest has a very large gay following. You could almost joke that it is the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Global Gay Conspiracy.

Due to them being small in number and the often irrational hatred of homophobia the gay community has long learnt to be self-sufficient and to look after itself. The Pulse nightclub seems to be a perfect example of this. Far from being just a place where people go to drink and hook-up the Pulse nightclub is almost the centre of the Orlando gay community advocating on behalf of that community and providing support to its members.

For example the funerals of the attack victims held last Friday (17/6/16) were protested by the always charming Westboro Baptist Church and their "God Hates Fags" signs. It was Pulse's clientele that arranged for people carrying Rainbow coloured billboards to block the mourners view of the protests.

Therefore you could almost say that if the Eurovision Song Contest is the AGM of the Global Gay Conspiracy than the Pulse nightclub is its Orlando branch office.

The big topic at this year's Song Contest was the Shamali (Northern) Province of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). This was created in the broad geographic area of what used to be known as Ukraine when the US overthrew the elected government in February 2014.

Apart from creating a brutal civil war and the refugee crisis they always produce this was done to provide the US with an excuse to place economic sanctions on Russia for opposing ISIL without the US being forced to formally admit that it supports ISIL.

The creation of Shamali Province was done as a US apology for preventing Saudi Arabia continuing with its plans to launch terrorist attacks against the February 2014 Winter Olympics that were taking place in near-by Sochi, Russia.

If you've read my marathon coverage of this year's Song Contest you would know that with the possible exception of Latvia there was absolutely no support for Shamali Province within Europe. In fact the Eurovision juries seemed to have conspired together to punish Shamali Province by forcing it to host the 2017 contest.

Almost immediately this reckless decision by the Eurovision juries had very dramatic consequences.

Clearly misreading the insult as a compliment the junta that controls Shamali Province responded to the Song Contest by abandoning the standing ceasefire and launching a fresh offensive to seize control of Donetsk Airport. With Donetsk Airport more or less being opened for the Euro 2012 football tournament the fact that it is now a war damaged wreck works quite a few nerves in Europe. Particularly as the continent prepares for the Euro 2016 football tournament.

In response to the junta's offensive Russia lashed out by releasing Nadiya Savchenko from custody allowing her to return to Shamali Province. A convicted war criminal and member of the illegal neo-Nazi Aidar Battalion Nadiya Savchenko is an absolute nutcase. However she remains extremely popular amongst all the other nutcases in Shamali Province. As such there is a real risk that she will move to overthrow the junta's declared President Petro Poroshenko who has got to be one of the few sane people left in Shamali Province.

The big concern with Shamali Province hosting the 2017 Song Contest though is security.

Shamali Province is populated by a heady mix of old fashioned Nazis, neo-Nazis and Turkish backed Islamic extremists all of whom take an extremely dim view of the global gay conspiracy. Being an active warzone Shamali Province is absolutely awash with military grade heavy weapons. Taking the 2017 Song Contest there is like taking it to Baghdad, Iraq or Damascus, Syria. I actually think it might be slightly safer to take Eurovision to Damascus at the moment.

Despite being the creator and sole sponsor of Shamali Province even the US is extremely concerned about Eurovision's plans.

Two days before the Pulse attack on June 10th (10/6/16) a black man was shot and killed by police at Texas' Love Field Airport in a domestic violence incident. This obviously picked up the theme of Donetsk Airport while acknowledging the domestic violence/terrorism risk in Shamali Province and mocking US President Obama's Black Lives Matter (BLM) anti-police campaign.

The day before the Pulse attack on June 11th (11/6/16) former contestant on the US version of "The Voice" Christina Grimmie was shot and killed as she met fans following a concert at a nightclub in Orlando close to the Pulse nightclub.

Grimmie looks similar to the singer Jamala who represented Shamali Province at Eurovision this year. As such that seemed to be the US - at the very least - acknowledging the security challenges to Shamali Province hosting the 2017 Song Contest. That sort of attack by a deranged fan would probably be considered the least of the security threats.

As such the Pulse terror attack seemed to be a clear warning to the US in particular - Continue to support ISIL and Shamali Province or else.

In the worst response imaginable the US immediately caved into the threat and two days later (14/6/16) an extra USD220million in financial support for Shamali Province.

At around 17:20 on 23/6/16 (UK date) have barely started. I shall continue after dinner and possibly into tomorrow.

Edited at around 19:40 on 23/6/16 (UK date) to add;

The Euro 2016 Football Tournament: Starting two days before the Pulse terror attack this is the next big pan-European event following the Eurovision Song Contest.

In the run-up to Euro 2016 the big fear has been of radical Islamist terrorism.

This is because of the November 30th 2015 (30/11/15) Massacres in Paris, the capital of Euro 2016 host nation France. Although 130 people were murdered in total that night across various locations the most significant loss of life occurred at the Bataclan concert venue/nightclub where gunmen slaughtered 89. The connection between that and the Pulse nightclub attack should be self-evident.

The Pulse attack was carried out by a Muslim man called Omar Mateen. There is a very famous Belgian footballer called Dries Mertens. When Mertens took to the field in Belgium's opening game against Italy on June 13th (13/6/16) the BBC commentators could barely bring themselves to say his name.

The ISIL cell that carried out the Paris Massacres was based in the Molenbeek district of the Belgian capital Brussels.

As such the Pulse nightclub attack also seemed to be a warning to the European nations - particularly France - to continue supporting ISIL and Shamali Province or face the consequences.

As with the December 2nd 2015 (2/12/15) San Bernardino attacks it carried the added threat that because US President Barack Obama is not prepared to protect the US from radical Islamist terrorists he's not going to be prepared to protect America's allies. Even its oldest one.

With the US seeming to payout a $220m reward to the Pulse nightclub attackers the European Union (EU) also seems to have decided that it would be prudent to obey.

Despite the performance of Eurovision in which Italy appeared to formally recognise Crimea as part of Russia on June 21st (21/6/16) the EU decided to extend sanctions on Russia over Shamali Province for a further six months. However this is a provisional decision that still needs to be confirmed at a meeting next week.

The 2016 Summer Olympics: Omar Mateen had previously worked for British private security firm G4S.

G4S is a company that has been involved in many scandals. However probably the most high profile one was when they failed to deliver on a contract to provide security for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK. This forced the British hosts to send in the military to fill the gap.

This of course occurred at a time when ISIL were being referred to simply as the "Saudi Irregular Army (SIA)." Following the Olympics scandal G4S was fined heavily by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) regulator. There was even talk of the SIA itself being disbanded but I feel I'm going off on a bit of a tangent.

Obviously the thought that someone like Omar Mateen could pass the background checks to become an armed security guard at the 2016 is utterly terrifying for both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the 2016 hosts Brazil.

On the night it was attacked Pulse was hosting a Latin theme night. Along with the fact that Florida has a high Hispanic population this meant that most of those killed or wounded in the attack were of Hispanic heritage. In what I myself consider to be a small form of racism I assumed that all these Hispanics were also American citizens.

However a significant proportion of them were either holiday makers or first or second generation migrants that all South American governments were immediately forced to go on alert in case any of their nationals had been killed or wounded. This included 2016 Olympic host Brazil.

Five days after the attack on Friday June 17th (17/6/16) the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) met to decide whether Russian Track & Field athletes should be banned from the 2016 Olympics. As with the gay-rights-for-gays protests during the 2014 Winter Olympics this is seen as a politically motivated attempt to embarrass Russia over its longstanding opposition to ISIL.

Therefore the Pulse terror attack also seemed to be a clear threat to Brazil and the IOC - Boycott Russia or the games are getting blown up like Volgograd was just before the Sochi games.

British Parliamentarian Sebastian Lord Coe's success as an athlete comes from the 1980 Summer Olympics which were boycotted by the US and the 1984 Summer Olympics which were boycotted by the Soviet Union. Therefore without political boycotts Lord Coe is more accurately described as "Olympic Loser Sebastian Coe."

Obviously then "Killer Coe" didn't need any more encouragement to issue a political boycott.. The matter is currently been considered by the IOC.

The Fight For Climate Change: Curiously for a gay nightclub Pulse is not owned by a gay person. Instead it is owned by Barbara Pomo who opened it in honour of her gay older brother John who died of AIDS. The "Pulse" of the name is a reference to his heart pumping HIV+ blood through his veins.

For reasons that are too convoluted to get into here the issue of HIV/AIDS has long been synonymous with international efforts to combat climate change. Particularly the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation plus (REDD+) program.

One of the big battles at the COP21 Summit that immediately followed the Paris Massacres was between the US and Brazil over whether REDD+ should be included as a funding mechanism named what has gone on to be known as the "Paris Agreement." As part of this discussion the US announced that actor Charlie Sheen is HIV+. Henceforth that part of the agreement has become known as "The Sheen Clause."

The US itself has cited the dispute with Brazil over REDD+ as one possible reason why the Paris Agreement is a failure. After all I think you can see how negotiators might have got confused during the negotiations.

Four days after the Pulse attack US Secretary of State John Kerry began a trip to the Danish Arctic to generally stare at glaciers and fraudulently promote the Paris Agreement as a way to combat climate change. At the same time Charlie Sheen has been visiting the UK and I presume other European nations to talk about his HIV diagnosis.

I can quite easily see how someone with prior knowledge of these two trips who supports global warming might get a little paranoid and start thinking the US was encouraging nations to dump the Paris Agreement in order to resume work on something that might actually combat change.

As such the Pulse attack also seemed to be a general threat to the World to ratify the Paris Agreement like good little boys and girls and not dare to mention the notion of combating climate change ever again.

I think there is at least a second part to this post. Provided the EU referendum doesn't suck up to much of my time I will try and publish that tomorrow. I'm sure you can appreciate why I really want to avoid sitting here writing during Euro 2016 matches.

As for Obama's claim that there is nothing indicating that Mateen had outside help in planning and carrying out the attack. Well I genuinely think that is an indicator that he's finally been stripped of his National Security Clearance and is therefore no longer allowed to attend briefings.

21:15 on 23/6/16 (UK date).