Looking for the roots of terrorism

[Gandalf]

My basic questions are a) Where did these invaders come from? b) What radicalised these people? and C ) Why did Iraq get into such bad shape?

I see that bad things are happening. I see that there are people suffering. So why are the people who started all this not in prison? Why are we doubling down on the wrong that we started? Iraqi people are not being helped, their country has been obliterated. All we care about is trying to sell and use more weapons of death and steal their resources. People always seem to want to wash over recent history be it the media or parliament.

You cannot look at today's terrorist without considering the terrorists that started it all, otherwise it is false. You have to be honest about your past to face the demons of the present. The system doesn't want to face up to reality and you see even with the panel of the Chilcot inquiry a bunch of men who are part of the machine and in the system and a reluctance to ever publish their conclusions without first of all seeking war criminal Blair's approval. It's a whitewash, a waste of millions of pounds, a toothless distraction. 'There's terrorism....any amount to fight terrorism!'. It's bullshit.

The main source of terror comes from immense systems of power and control. Outlying terror comes from violent groups of resistance and from radicalisation caused by main source of terror. These sicknesses feed upon one another and the victim is democracy and freedom.

[brocktonblockbust]

chicken and the egg thing: did this start during the 8th-11th centuries though? Muslims expanding into europe....and didnt the crusades-era create a nearly infinite animosity between the west and islam? i think there must be plenty of residual hatred, vengeance, etc. from all that. Then you have colonialism and partitioning and nation building adding to the resentment. There were no such countries as Jordan, Kuwait, Israel, etc. and the dividing up and installing Puppets like Mubarak etc. didn't help matters out either. Meddling in Iranian politics in the 50s (Mossadegh)....Culminating in Bush Sr, Clinton, and Bush Jr. certainly didnt help to combat any of that with their campaigns in Iraq, etc.

All these play significant parts in the roots of terrorism. I say its 50/50 like most things----both sides contributed quite equally.

[Gandalf]

When in doubt always blame Tony Blair!

[jahmez]

The Romans considered the Christians terrorists. All evil is relative.

[El Kabong]

Here's a root cause of terrorism, the collapse of The Ottoman Empire

[Kirkland Laing]

Here's a root cause of terrorism, the collapse of The Ottoman Empire

If the Ottoman Empire still ruled the Middle East they'd be the ones being bombed by the radical nutters.

[El Kabong]

Here's a root cause of terrorism, the collapse of The Ottoman Empire

If the Ottoman Empire still ruled the Middle East they'd be the ones being bombed by the radical nutters.

Well that was a Sunni Islamic state so maybe yes, maybe no it depends on if the nutters respected the leader of that Empire.

[brocktonblockbust]

The Uighurs in Xinjiang are kicking ass against the Chinese govt, who considers them to be terrorists.
The Turks considered Armenians to be terrorists in 1915.
There are Buddhist terrorists killing Rohingyas in Myanmar right now.

anyone who wreacks havoc and terror is a terrorist. FARQ, Los Luminosos in Peru-Shining Path, etc.