I'd suggest everyone study this and the history of Western intervention in developing regions and third-world countries.
It's not the "Give Peace a Chance" crowd that's created the current mess we're in. It's the corporate interest protections and Cold-war policies that have given power to the radical elements.
I don't have a link right now, but there's an excellent video online on how ISIS is recruiting the young and disenfranchised from the middle class both in the Middle East and Europe by presenting themselves as a better alternative to the current corrupt regimes (many of which are supported by the West), with very concrete goals and ideals.
This is very similar to the radicalization of the young in the 70's, when Communism promised a similar solution in many countries.
This all ties back to the way western elements have protected their interests by supporting dictators and fascists over the decades. It's easier to work out a mutually beneficial business deal with a dictator than a democratic government, which may or may not do what you want them to do. There's a good reason for the term "Banana Republic."
Over the last few decades, it has blown up in their faces... Iraq... Al Quaeda... ISIS... all linked to CIA interventionism in the Middle East in the past. And the rotten state of governance in the region simply provide more fuel to the fire.
There's no doubt ISIS is a threat now, and needs to be dealt with... but to paint it simply as a problem of religion is too pat. There are real and varied underlying social (and political) issues that need to be addressed in order to stamp out radicalism for good.
Islam highjacks the disenfranchised, and any movement associated with it - it's what it's always done. To ignore the religion is a fundamental mistake and not grounded in logic. What, then explains Islamic expansion into Europe that necessitated the Crusades? Also it still doesn't address the problem of when the movement becomes big enough to threaten the world. Who honestly cares about its origins? Do you suppose Islam will say "there you go, now live in your perfect social utopia we have created around the world".
Worryingly the Social Justice movement has seemingly taken up the cause of Islam, even though it must know that
LGBT rights will be the first to go under an Islamic state. When truths like this are pointed out there's a sort of error in computation leading to posts saying they don't understand what I'm talking about, as if they're machines having a conflict of information thrown at them. Perfect dhimmitude.
As it stands, we now have a
CSA bill requiring us by law to report Islamic extremism, but nothing on British Islam doing a root and branch reformation and cleaning up their mess as would be expected of Christianity. As a poster on
The Times said:
So in addition to preparation and teaching, teachers are now supposed to be looking for evidence of:
a abusive parents
b malnutrition
c drug taking
d bullying
e self-harm
f female genital mutilation
g and now Islamic radicalisation
Additionally:
h do everything the Ofsted Mafia dictate
i prepare reports
j ensure they attend courses for professional updating
k take part in out-of-school activities
l attend meetings
m phone parents to ascertain why pupils are absent
n teach classes where up to 10 different languages are spoken
o attend parents evenings
p ??????????
Or another post exposing:
And what if the head of an Islamic school is the instigator of the hate preaching ? Has he forgotten about the Oldknow Academy in Birmingham had the head removed when children were led in anti-Christian chanting, subsidised trips to Mecca, stopped celebrating Christmas and all pupils had to learn Arabic. Cameron may say this is not hate preaching when it suits the appeasing speeches. This is "keep calm and carry on" buffoonery.
All so we can do our job and Muslims can return to their satellite news TV stations and Mosques. I don't think the people are going to stand for it, and speaking as a NHS worker and university student this adds to my already excessive workload. It's ridiculous. I won't really post so much here as it's hard to look at the opinion that these victims are being targeted not because of a religion but because of their ancestor's capitalist greed. It is
very hard to read especially when dealing with white British patients who fought in WW2 to give you all the freedom you now enjoy, and may I say a tad disrespectful.
You've seen what this board has become recently with regards to the topic in being a relative ghost town because the equivalent of a nuke has just been detonated on free speech. I don't like it one bit.
And, because
@Dotini loves conspiracy theories have a
look at this
Personally I don't buy it. It's more likely the fact that we as a country are mired in debt to the Mid East and have little sovereign wealth in comparison and no access to oil. But far-right and general Muslim haters lap it up, and the evidence is a lot more plain to see in 2015 than it was in 2005.
EDIT: More long winded critique of it, but bear in mind this was written in
2011 so is dated