The Salon article actually makes a decent point - that if it turns out to be a crazy white guy, it'll be a tragedy - and if it's a Muslim, it'll be another war.
That's not at all obvious.
If it's one Muslim, there won't be another war! That Fort Hood guy who killed a lot more than this bomber was very Muslim indeed, shouting Islamic slogans as he shot people, but it didn't start a war.
If they are all working individually, there's no point in a war. Al Qaeda was an organization, and that did trigger a war, but individuals? General deportation would be nice, but probably too much to hope for.
If it's a schizophrenic white guy, I don't know. If it's a rightwing thing.......I remind you that Timothy McVeigh was trying to start a revolution, and we are a longer way along that path by now.
Salon is all wet.