Well of course he is.
A few days ago I had just gotten done compiling an article about how often the authorities use the "mentally ill" excuse when a Muslim terrorist attacks. And now here we go again.
An Afghan refugee ice addict accused of 'deliberately' ploughing through a crowd of shoppers in Melbourne's city centre has blamed the horrific attack on Australia's 'poor treatment of Muslims'.
That's a conventional terrorist motive.
Shocked bystanders were pointing in disbelief on the street as dozens of people - including a four-year-old boy and an 83-year-old man - were mowed down by the rampaging driver as he hurtled down the tram tracks.
Saeed Noori, the driver behind the wheel of the SUV with P-plates, arrived in Australia as a refugee in 2004 through a resettlement program.
And that means that the official excuse is... mentally ill with drug problems. Otherwise the authorities look bad.
'He came to Australia as a refugee. He did not come with a people smuggler, he came through the appropriate refugee, the normal refugee programs,' Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said.
Thank goodness. Just imagine if unlicensed refugees were running down Australians for Allah.
'But he also did attribute some of his actions to the poor treatment of Muslims,' Acting Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said on Friday morning.
Commissioner Patton said Noori had a history of drug use and mental illness, stressing that investigators had not yet found any extremist or terrorist links to the horror rampage.
In short, he has stated a terrorist motive, but the authorities will try to blame drugs and mental illness. Most media accounts refuse to even mention the "treatment" motive.
Victoria Police said the driver has a history of drug use, criminal history with a minor assault in 2010 and is on a mental health plan.
So of course he wasn't deported. And the authorities and the media will blame mental illness.