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Originally Posted by alansmithee
The problem with blaming "poverty and social deterioration" is that it isn't just the unwealthy involved in muslim terrorism. Also, there are many more impovrished groups that aren't shooting aid workers and decapitating truckers. In the Sudan, muslims are the ruling structure yet they have been commiting genocide against the country's Christians. Was the recent killing of Theo van Gogh about poverty? It could be said that Iran operates as a terrorist state, and their ties to terrorism are pretty undeniable. Many wealthy Saudis also directly or indirectly support terrorism (wasn't that one of Farenheit 911's major points?). Saying there is no
"analytic latitude" is ridiculous, the analysis has just been done faster on the so-called right.
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You make some great points here. The top echelon in most terrorist groups aren't poor, desperate or uneducated. On the contrary, they are intelligent, well-educated, well connected, and have access to money. The type of groups that roachboy describes in his article are the legion of poor, alienated bottom echelon members who the leadership use as expendable foot soldiers and suicide bombers.