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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
it means you are probably better at killing a injuring?
i'm not part of the al qaeda fanclub or anything...i just think it is interesting that some of these well to do muslims are willing to leave a life of luxury and influence to live in a cave and fight a holy war. it doesn't quite gel with the whole 'cynical manipulators just using dumb virgin hunters for power' narrative.
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I don't think you're getting the picture. That area is ruled by warlords. If you are wealthy and have influence, you need to assemble an army and commit atrocities to show everyone you mean business. You're like Tony Montana in "Scarface." If you don't do this, someone is going to take your wealth and either make you his lapdog or have you eliminated. It's not that you are willing to fight against "oppressors" and all this noble stuff, it's that you MUST show every other warlord around you that you are not to be f-ucked with. By taking on America, you are showing them you have balls and also making yourself into a folk hero. There's nothing noble in what they are doing. They are simply gangsters getting and holding onto their piece of the action. And they have the exact same mentality of gangsters--ruthless psychopaths. And yes they are cynical manipulators and damned good at it.