Yossarian
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Terrorists and suicide bombers don't exist in a vacuum.
There may be genuine personal grievances that may drive an individual into the hands of the terrorist leaders (for example, someone who may have lost close family members as a result of 'collateral damage'), but ultimately, the terrorist groups cannot function and thrive without the knowledge and support (even if it is only tacit support of being sympathetic to the terrorists aims, although not their actions towards achieve those aims) of the local community which harbours them.
Even in Pakistan, where there is terrorism and suicide bombings due to a variety of reasons, such as Sunni versus Shia, religious versus secular, regional independence extremist groups, attacking churches to ferment strife and create problems between Pakistan and christian countries such as the USA, UK....etc., how often do you see the average man condemn such activities? So often, deep down, the common man believes the propoganda of the terrorists and privately agrees with their aims even if they don't agree with the methods employed by the terrorists.
Similarly, even in places like the UK, many of those muslims who are unhappy about foreigners 'attacking muslims in muslim lands' forget that the extremists will use some of these sentiments to radicalise young muslim men to commit violence, either in the UK itself or by going abroad to join the groups fighting the 'foreigners'.
Unless the communities from which the terrorists originate from change their attitudes and stop privately agreeing with the terrorists aims (not neccessarily their actions), terrorism will never be defeated.
Please discuss.
There may be genuine personal grievances that may drive an individual into the hands of the terrorist leaders (for example, someone who may have lost close family members as a result of 'collateral damage'), but ultimately, the terrorist groups cannot function and thrive without the knowledge and support (even if it is only tacit support of being sympathetic to the terrorists aims, although not their actions towards achieve those aims) of the local community which harbours them.
Even in Pakistan, where there is terrorism and suicide bombings due to a variety of reasons, such as Sunni versus Shia, religious versus secular, regional independence extremist groups, attacking churches to ferment strife and create problems between Pakistan and christian countries such as the USA, UK....etc., how often do you see the average man condemn such activities? So often, deep down, the common man believes the propoganda of the terrorists and privately agrees with their aims even if they don't agree with the methods employed by the terrorists.
Similarly, even in places like the UK, many of those muslims who are unhappy about foreigners 'attacking muslims in muslim lands' forget that the extremists will use some of these sentiments to radicalise young muslim men to commit violence, either in the UK itself or by going abroad to join the groups fighting the 'foreigners'.
Unless the communities from which the terrorists originate from change their attitudes and stop privately agreeing with the terrorists aims (not neccessarily their actions), terrorism will never be defeated.
Please discuss.
