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Post by Hakumental on Nov 25, 2017 9:39:35 GMT -5
Jack's Complete Lack of Surprise, also known as Reuters, reporting the attackers had Islamic State flags. It's unfortunate, but it's going to be a while before we finish mopping up this particular strain of vermin. Even then, the environment as a whole seems eager to produce more (Yemen is a bloody f***ing nightmare, easily comparable to the worst of the Syrian Civil War, and is facing a famine on top of the bloodshed). It's going to be a sad and painful several decades for the Middle East.
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Dr. T is an alien
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Nov 26, 2017 12:54:52 GMT -5
How does attacking a mosque reconcile with even the most twisted view of Islam? I’m not trying to make this about religion, I’m just genuinely curious how this is rationalized to their followers. My belief, not to bring religion in (which will probably get this thread locked), is that they view them as not part of their group, therefore they are eligible to be killed. "With us or against us" is their mentality. That hardly makes them unique. Truth be told, we all have more in common than not, which is a problem for people recruiting for their cause. If you want people to fight hard for you, you cannot have your recruits seeing anything in common with your enemies. You’ve all seen it. If you are on the internet, you have been called awful things by someone for your viewpoints. Some people who do that are just being dicks to be dicks, but many do so because they have been conditioned to think of you as either sub-human or simply evil. Of course you USF be strongly opposed.
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Post by Cyno on Nov 26, 2017 13:11:54 GMT -5
It's also why social media has been a major new source of recruitment for terrorist and extremist organizations. They exploit that tribal mentality. Even if the person they're recruiting doesn't formally join them, they can count on them to "self-radicalize" and commit lone wolf attacks in their name.
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Post by Hit Girl on Nov 26, 2017 15:01:45 GMT -5
Terrorism has changed now. In the past you had an organised structure of cells and active units operating under some sort of command council like the IRA or ETA, with a political wing who had some sort of specific endgame. Now it's more a case of a core group showing how to carry out attacks, usually bombings/shootings and vehicle attacks, then leaving it to individuals or small groups unaffiliated with the core group, to attack on their own volition against targets they personally select. The ideology is somewhat murky too. Nothing specific other than general "attack the unworthy" rhetoric which could basically include anyone who the attacker deems to be an enemy.
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