Posted on 03/23/2024 5:26:19 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
ISIS had a huge Russian and Central Asian contingent in its heyday.
About one out of every five Russian citizens is Muslim, but that population is not evenly distributed either geographically or socioeconomically. In cities, a lot of taxi drivers and hard-luck laborers have names like Magomedov and Ismailov, indicative of Muslim ancestry....
The center of geographic gravity of Islam in Russia is the Northern Caucasus, the site of domestic strife and bloodshed in a series of episodes going back centuries. Some groups around Dagestan and Chechnya have become proficient guerrilla warriors, and Putin perfected his own harsh methods on them during the Chechen Wars of the 1990s and 2000s. Those wars ended with a decisive Russian victory and the installation of micro-Putins, such as Kadyrov ...
The rise of ISIS was useful for Russia, which could imagine no better destination for its domestic jihadists than a faraway conflict with a conveniently high mortality rate. Anyone so inclined could go to Iraq or Syria with Moscow’s tacit blessing. That is one reason the number of ISIS members coming from Russia was so high: They were more or less permitted to go, so that they would self-detonate or run into machine-gun fire there, rather than make trouble within Russia’s borders. Many of those who went are now dead, as hoped. Some are not, and many of those have not lost their fervor. They just need a new object for it.
The connection between Russia and ISIS is, in other words, overdetermined. The cruelty of the killing and even the choice of venue—a concert hall—are all awfully familiar to anyone acquainted with jihadism in Russia. What comes next will be familiar too. The horrific videos and claims of responsibility have already arrived. Next will be a brutal reply from the Russian state....
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
The Hysterical Conspiracy Comedians first shouted :
“It’s the fault of UKRAINE!! UKRAINE!! UKRAINE!!”
And now the same Hysterical Conspiracy Comedians shout :
“It’s the fault of CIA!! CIA!! CIA!!”
I predict the HCC’s will soon say:
It’s the fault of the REPUBLICANS!! REPUBLICANS!! REPUBLICANS!!
It’s just a matter of time, you’ll see... you’ll see....
The lust for self-destruction and masochism knows no bounds....
Personally, I oppose it.
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