ISIS

[hardblue]

Lydia Wilson has an article in The Nation whose thesis is that the people who are joining ISIS (and I don't think we are talking about white Western recruits here) are not really that committed or even knowledgeable about ISIS tenets and the jihadist cause. I get the idea that the main motivation for young recruits is to fight off an American

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[maadmike]

All generalisations are false and this one is not an exception...

[hardblue]

I thought you liked the idea that it is the Americans' fault for the trouble in the Middle East - Americans going where they don't belong.

[maadmike]

)) Little amount of Americans who are getting money from the wars, just had started the fire but the whole westerners could be blamed for not doing a thing, even Russia was passive when the USA and EU had decided to change the regime in Libya. But as it is a profit for some guys in USA as it is a nightmare for all the Europeans now and shows the more stupidity of the last...

[maadmike]

But I firstly told about the different motivations of the people joining ISIS. The territory of the countries which were pushed in a havoc is so huge that there are countless people involved and they have countless motivation for joining. Had you been not laughing when your general was telling about the Syrian army which USA had financed and trained? All these people are in ISIS, what was their motives? ))
But if to look on the problem without the illusions, the main reason which brings people to ISIS is a desire to live cause the terrorists don't give no opportunity to choose - you'll die at once or later...

[pigshitpoet]

in all knowledge i would expect as much to be the truth. i am happy i am not that close to know personally

it all sounds horrendous, even heyenous. war is insanity to me..

[hardblue]

It's probably about as close to hell as we got.

[pigshitpoet]

or ever want to get..

mind you WWI was pretty fucked up as well