Boston Bombing aftermath, any similarity to the Lincoln assassination aftermath?

[L Verge]

My personal opinion is that the 1865 conspirators were Americans who fought to revenge what they saw as a cruel political war that had changed their country. These two young men are fighting not only a political war against the world, but also a religious one.

Their methods and their techniques and their ultimate goals are based on the Muslim jihad - something that has been around for centuries, and something that the Western world will have a hard time overcoming because we have a hard time understanding its principles. In this case, it is definitely a matter of "know thine enemy." They know our weak spots, and we need to learn and understand theirs.