I won't pretend to know why everything is so fucked right now but I will make 2 points: 1) In general, the people actually doing the killings are far removed f

I won't pretend to know why everything is so fucked right now but I will make 2 points: 1) In general, the people actually doing the killings are far removed from the organization's leadership. Here's an interesting piece on individual Isis fighters: http://www.thenation.com/article/what-i-discovered-from-interviewing-isis-prisoners/ http://www.thenation.com/article/what-i-discovered-from-inte... 2) Usually when someone is upset, they're very bad at articulating the actual thing that is upsetting them. Often when someone is upset, they'll say (and think) it's about something that is actually unrelated but happened to come right before the outburst of pent up frustration. To me, Islamism is a suspiciously rational explanation for completely irrational violence. Islam's pretty old, the book hasn't changed, but we're seeing a big spike in coordinated terror against civilians in the last couple years.