Bob,
I think, at least I hope, that I've posted some of the articles which
explain how the Islamic State (ISIS) was formed and who runs it. The summary
is that the people running things are the people who were in the Iraqi army
which the US disbanded and then refused any kind of employment or
integration into the "new Iraq" that they were building. Actually, the
article I posted this morning, described this, and it was very similar to
what was said on Democrdacy Now last night. So these are capable people who
know how to plan, how to fight, and how to use social media to draw in new
recruits. Their plan has been written out and people of read it. The plan is
to involve the western nations in fighting them, in ramping up security
measures to remove freedoms from their own populations, and to use up their
resources in the fight. They have money because they captured oil fields and
many countries are purchasing oil from them. They have all kinds of
armaments because the western nations keep arming various factions and these
arms get to them in a lot of ways. They are being supported financially and
militarily by Saudi Arabia. Now, these are the leaders. Then there are all
the poor, desperate, marginalized young people who are used by the leaders.
Note that 7 of the 8 people who were involved in the attacks in France, were
French nationals. They are, I assume, the people who are drawn into ISIS
through social media because they feel marginalized in their own country.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Terrorist aTtacks and Evil People
~Hi Miriam and all,
I've been doing a good bit of thinking about recent discussions on how we
should be dealing with those who perpetrate terrorist attacks. Firstly, let
me back off of my wish to take out Netanyahu. While I do believe the bastard
doesn't deserve to live, taking him out would likely be counter-productive.
AS for perpetrators of attacks like the the one in Paris, the best approach
is to arrest them and put them on trial and imprison them for life. When
police raided the perpetrators of the Paris attack they were greeted with
large volumes of gunfire and the perpetrators were killed in the ensuing
battle.
I do believe there are evil people and that they do not deserve to walk
freely. Yes, I recognize that Israel and the west caused the spark that lit
the fire of terrorism. But the perpetrators were the ones who convinced
others to become suicide bombers.
Finally, I'd say that we humans have barbaric tendencies and there is at
least a smidge of barbarism within all of us.
Bob Hachey
