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I have an idea. The western populace especially the US, needs to take ownership of the wars they have voted for and the power vacuums they have resulted in. ISI

I have an idea. The western populace especially the US, needs to take ownership of the wars they have voted for and the power vacuums they have resulted in. ISIS and taliban are proofs that if you vote for unecessary wars half way around the world, it will come back to bite you. Its very convenient to now attribute the radicalization to "jihadi mentality", when the real answer is the much more painful realization that we contributed to this radicalization by voting in and re-electing war mongers. Its very convenient to say British born, "of Libyan descent", as if to distance a radicalized person's Britishness and attribute all their radicalization completely to their descent. Maybe looking inward for blame is the answer.

omnimus 9y ago
This. Power vacuum is term so fitting i will be using it from now on. If you do personal research on this topic it becomes very clear. Even the rise of ISIS is possible because how US decimated countries like Iraq. You are left with almost no gov, scared frustrated population and space (vacuum) for new power to emerge. I mean why are we so suprised that there are terorists from pakistan. US has had drones bombing the place since 2004. I am sure i am not the only one who would try to do something about it (eventualy figure out how to shoot it down). Paradoxically aren't Americans the first ones to take out their big guns from the basement to shoot trespassers - because it is their right?
- exodust 9y ago
  Not This. Give me a break. There is no relationship between a "power vacuum" and mass murder of innocent people by this so-called "power" you speak of. If you allowed these "powers" to be in power by way of the ballot box, they'd be finished after the first few votes were counted. Please don't give any credit or reasoning to these cancerous terrorist organisations. Never forget their idea of justice is to murder cartoonists because "they drew first" and to behead those who insult the prophet. Don't give them motivating credibility by your political sympathising, you're not helping. When one of these assholes decides to knife someone in the street, they're not thinking "this is for the drone strikes", they're shouting God Is Great as they assume the role of "soldier of Allah". They are NOT thinking of the innocent victims of US drone strikes.
jacques_chester 9y ago
Good ol' two wrongs make a right.
- ionised 9y ago
  I see the first wrong in the post you replied to. Where's the second?

omnimus 9y ago

This. Power vacuum is term so fitting i will be using it from now on. If you do personal research on this topic it becomes very clear. Even the rise of ISIS is possible because how US decimated countries like Iraq. You are left with almost no gov, scared frustrated population and space (vacuum) for new power to emerge. I mean why are we so suprised that there are terorists from pakistan. US has had drones bombing the place since 2004. I am sure i am not the only one who would try to do something about it (eventualy figure out how to shoot it down). Paradoxically aren't Americans the first ones to take out their big guns from the basement to shoot trespassers - because it is their right?

exodust 9y ago
Not This. Give me a break. There is no relationship between a "power vacuum" and mass murder of innocent people by this so-called "power" you speak of. If you allowed these "powers" to be in power by way of the ballot box, they'd be finished after the first few votes were counted. Please don't give any credit or reasoning to these cancerous terrorist organisations. Never forget their idea of justice is to murder cartoonists because "they drew first" and to behead those who insult the prophet. Don't give them motivating credibility by your political sympathising, you're not helping. When one of these assholes decides to knife someone in the street, they're not thinking "this is for the drone strikes", they're shouting God Is Great as they assume the role of "soldier of Allah". They are NOT thinking of the innocent victims of US drone strikes.

jacques_chester 9y ago

Good ol' two wrongs make a right.

ionised 9y ago
I see the first wrong in the post you replied to. Where's the second?