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I checked them out but Marc Andreessen keeps retweeting to the effect that fake Syrian passports mean the attacks are intended to close Europe's borders. What?
by daodedickinson 11y ago
I checked them out but Marc Andreessen keeps retweeting to the effect that fake Syrian passports mean the attacks are intended to close Europe's borders. What? Buying fake Syrian passports is what many of the migrants have done to get priority benefits. It's very normal among migrants, ISIS-loving or not. It'd be like saying a Sinaloa Cartel murderer using someone else SSN is trying to shut down the US-Mexico border. ISIS has been very vocal about sending thousands of soldiers abroad to kill. They have said, too, that they hope to provoke an anti-Muslim backlash that improves their recruiting. But ISIS is a nation state and a religion—it needs to be able to claim victory no matter how Europe reacts, just as a politician can never cleanly apologize or admit fault.
- phaemon 11y agoHe could be right. The part I don't get is, not why did the person have a Syrian passport (as you say, fakes are common), but why were they carrying it with them on a suicide mission?
- wpietri 11y agoI have no knowledge here, but it seems like even if you're going on a suicide mission, you might want a plan B. If there's some reason they decide to postpone, he might need the passport.
- to3m 11y agoPerhaps he is just retweeting things he found interesting. You can find things interesting without necessarily supporting them. A bigger risk of following Marc Andreessen is that he tweets, like, all the fucking time. Your feed stands a good chance of becoming swamped.
- jasonwatkinspdx 11y agoISIS's overt strategy is to antagonize the west into over-reaction, because they want things so polarized that the bulk of Arabs have little choice but to align with them for survival. I don't know about these passports specifically, but it certainly is true that ISIS would benefit immensely from Europe and the west closing the borders to refuges.