Looking for the roots of terrorism

[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.

[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.

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

If you read a bit about the history of the Ottoman empire you'll see they faced insurgencies in almost all the areas they occupied, particularly among the tribes in Mesopotamia (now Iraq and Sunni-region Syria) and what is now Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

[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.