[diamondjoe]

"I suspect these planned attacks are always laden with foreign policy/religious objectives hidden as "resistance.""

Absolutely. The attacks may be carried out by idiot jihadists with a 2nd grade education (if that), but they are ultimately directed by guys who have the same objectives that tyrants have always had: more power, more power, more power.

[nothingnew]

...ultimately directed by guys who have the same objectives that tyrants have always had: more power, more power, more power.

Hillary!

FMCDH