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Time to Abandon the 'Terrorist Recruitment' Delusion-What really motivates jihadists
Frontpagemagazine ^ | February 7, 2017 | Bruce Thornton

Posted on 02/07/2017 5:36:06 AM PST by SJackson

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1 posted on 02/07/2017 5:36:06 AM PST by SJackson
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Terrorists have molded their consciences to do evil things. The 9/11 terrorists, bizarre murdering jihadists, over 2,500 documented suicide bombers and many “lone wolves” have come to believe that their vile actions are the will of the divine and that they actually will be rewarded in some sort of pleasant afterlife. This molding of conscience is made possible by their deep involvement with Islam and how it is taught and interpreted by fundamentalist preachers and the bizarre, hateful Saudi supported Wahhabi. The fact is that most of the Islamic world is crumbling and in chaos because Islamic culture itself is not compatible with the values, institutions and practices of modernity. These Islamic soaked terrorists will never become comfortable or coexist with Western culture. Their huge, unfiltered migrations into the west are a cultural disaster.


2 posted on 02/07/2017 5:45:50 AM PST by allendale
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They’ve been trying to kill the rest of us for 1400 years. This stupidity ignores historical fact. Read history from any time frame since 625AD and it never changes, only sometimes, it quiets. Egad.


3 posted on 02/07/2017 5:50:47 AM PST by major-pelham
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4 posted on 02/07/2017 5:52:42 AM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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I ran across a very interesting video from a survivor of the Lebanon Civil War. It’s a powerful message the history of 1400 years of Islam in 15 minutes. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.

It makes crystal clear why making nice doesn’t work, and why the Iranian treaty is a bad idea. Explains the difference between how the Western World thinks vs Islam. The link is below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTt8E8uUgpw


5 posted on 02/07/2017 6:01:22 AM PST by greeneyes
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The tribe of Ishmael will always be at war with the tribe of Isaac

“He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

Genesis 16:12


6 posted on 02/07/2017 6:04:01 AM PST by Spruce
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Muslim terrorists kill because Allah tells them to. To dismiss these religious motives is to demonstrate a blind and lethal arrogance.

I have said that enough times on FR, and of course I fully agree with the author.

Because so many on this list are Christians to me they have a naive approach to Muslims, and somehow think the followers of the Koran and Hadiths,lke the Wahhabis, ISIS, al Qaeda,Boko Harram are actually misinterpreting the religion and they call them radicals or extremists or hijackers, instead of what they are-fundamentalists-doing what Allah and Muhammad want done.

That naive approach leaves you vulnerable to the "All religions should be treated equally" and if you stand up to Islam you get hit with "That's not who we are" nonsense. - Tom

7 posted on 02/07/2017 6:13:33 AM PST by Capt. Tom
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McCain and Graham have both been bought and sold by the islamist lobby and the cheap labor globalists.


8 posted on 02/07/2017 6:16:59 AM PST by circlecity
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At last, someone is willing to tell the truth.


9 posted on 02/07/2017 6:18:58 AM PST by Petrosius
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To dismiss these religious motives is to demonstrate a blind and lethal arrogance.

What would you expect, other than blind and lethal arrogance, when so much of western civilization has become secular? Because so many dismiss religion of any kind, they cannot recognize the power religion has upon people. Having known, but rarely understood Christianity, they can only find fault in that, because Christianity to them is oppressive. Boy is western civilization is for a brutal awakening, if they do not wake up to reality sooner rather than later.

10 posted on 02/07/2017 6:30:50 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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“(Our present way of thinking) commits the mortal sin of foreign policy and diplomacy: assuming that our adversaries and enemies think exactly as we do, and share the same beliefs about human motivation”

Exactly right. Jihadis are engaged in Holy War, but we are not. End of story.


11 posted on 02/07/2017 6:37:17 AM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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It’s sort of like the Marxist propaganda that communism is inevitable.

If you oppose the advance of Islam, Islam will advance faster.


12 posted on 02/07/2017 6:40:52 AM PST by DBrow
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The mere notion of lone wolves is nothing more than stupidity on parade for all to see. There is no such thing as a lone wolf, as they are being directed without question.

The fact that the New York Times is behind that article means even liberals can no longer hide behind that mythical excuse/claim.

13 posted on 02/07/2017 6:45:42 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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Very acute and accurate article, certainly spot on with its characterization of both the liberal mentality and the effects of appeasement. Trump, Wilders and other brave souls are pointing out the unpalatable truths, hopefully in time so that we can arm ourselves to turn back the tide.

Obama, Merkel and the One world folks have enabled genocide and opened the doors of many nations to the barbarism of a “Holy War” where any despicable act is excused and applauded as in the service of spreading Islam.


14 posted on 02/07/2017 6:56:16 AM PST by JayGalt
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15 posted on 02/07/2017 7:07:52 AM PST by HarborSentry
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AFAIC, McCain and his minions ARE the terrorists!


16 posted on 02/07/2017 7:11:20 AM PST by onedoug
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To: SJackson; politicianslie
Great article.

A supporting view that can perhaps be appreciated by even those who lack a grasp of the obvious:

HT to politicianslie.

17 posted on 02/07/2017 11:59:35 AM PST by frog in a pot (Obama: "We need to remake America"; Trump: "We need to rebuild America!")
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mARK


18 posted on 02/07/2017 12:01:44 PM PST by sport
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To: SJackson

We have this violence because the Moslems perceive us as weak.
If they feared, not just for their lives, but for the lives of every member of their family and their tribe, we would not have this problem.
Crossing the West should be an extinction event.


19 posted on 02/07/2017 2:17:37 PM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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If they feared, not just for their lives...

but for their entry into "Allah's Paradise" then they might not be so anxious to die in Jihad.

20 posted on 02/07/2017 2:50:15 PM PST by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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