having followed this thread with some interest, I am a bit confused by some of the responses...it seems to me that folks go over there to save, convert, spread the word, etc, to the local populace...but then they’re captured, held hostage and military efforts are launched to find and perhaps ultimately kill the people who are holding them hostage, the very people that the hostages were trying to save...sort of like burning down the village to save the people in it...I’m gonna have to find out who’s holding my beer...
That is a funny way to look at it! I love it.
But the problem with the Jihadi is not that they are from the village, the Jihadi are Muslim Missionarys from outside sources. They raise an army by teaching fundemental Islam and offence. So the goal is to show the locals the difference between the Love of Christ and the Hate of Islam, a hatred being preached by outsiders that are blowing up their children.
Not a hard job, just a risky one, as the Jihadi know this too.