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Posted on 02/21/2015 7:07:35 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Last week, President Barack Obama sparked outrage when he declared that the root cause of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorism is not radical Islam but poverty.
“We have to address grievances terrorists exploit, including economic grievances,” said Obama.
However, as terrorism experts explain, a vast percentage of Islamic terrorists come from middle-class backgrounds, wealthy families, or have impressive educational pedigrees. CNN’s national security analyst Peter Bergen says many of the world’s most notorious terrorists came from affluence and education:
Osama bin Laden: son of a Saudi construction magnate who attended Saudi Arabia’s top high school and best university.
Mohamed Atta: ringleader of the 9-11 terrorist attacks and the son of an Egyptian lawyer. Atta worked on his doctorate at a German university.
Ayman al Zawahiri: Present leader of al Qaeda and a “surgeon who comes from a leading Egyptian family that counts ambassadors, politicians and prominent clerics amongst its ranks.”
Nidal Hasan: the Fort Hood terrorist who “was not only an officer in the U.S. Army and a psychiatrist, but is also from a comfortably middle-class family in Virginia.”
~snip~~
Numerous studies have found similar trends. One study of 172 al Qaeda terrorists conducted by former CIA case officer Marc Sagemann found that “just under half were professionals; two-thirds were either middle or upper class and had gone to college; indeed, several had doctorates.”
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They are like the hippies from the sixties on steroids?!?
Obama has no clue?
To the contrary, in concluding he was recruited by ME hyper wealth to advance the Islamic caliphate, and is doing his job well. That job includes acting just the right shade of clueless despite knowing exactly what’s going on.
Very good point.
Also note the ‘legitimate grievances’ language that Obama used referring to Jihadists.
How do we fight people if we are busying telling them their warped views are in some way legitimate?
Then he castigates Christians about ... the Crusades? Really? That’s straight rewriting of history from the Muslim perspective.
Rudy nailed it this week: Obama just doesn’t love America. Heck, he doesn’t even like us. He, and most leftists, see us as the greatest source of evil in the world. According to them, we’re evil capitalist would-be world conquerers.
This is why leftist want us BROKE. No money = can’t support our global military ambitions.
We’ll be 20 TRILLION in debt by the time Obama leaves office. 1 million added Muslims here in the U.S. and 18 million illegals here to take jobs from Americans.
I don’t think America can recover from Obama. Plus, the morons that elected him - TWICE - are still among us and not going away.
They removed $500 million from Iraq bank
They are involved in lucrative business of organ transplants
And we are training the futre Caliphate soldiers, at our expense.
These are NOT the unemployed who need jobs ;
they are geo-political zealots for world conquest .. for Satan.
But liberals say we can't morally judge them, because things used to be just as bad under the reign of Sargon in 2300 BC.
The ISIS anonymous forces are clearly a government sponsored tech savvy very rich propaganda fear factory. All their clothes and weapons and transport are new, they have outstanding access to internet, very professional quality, Hollywood style, terror beheading videos, the best in battle armor and clothing, and great communications, managing to outsmart the DoD, NSA, CIA, Syria, Iraq, Libya, even managed to assassinate a US ambassador with stand-down protection from the Whtie House. Of course they are bound to be victims of poverty, and President Ebola will want to hand over a bunch of cash and weapons so they feel better about themselves, in ISIL or whatever he calls his troops that day. He has the Marines in Yemen surrender their weapons to the islamic terrorists. The best weapons ever, handed over by the Whtie House. The bigger the lie, the more people want to believe it.
Anyone insinuating otherwise is simply obfuscating facts.
“Saw on various sites that the local savages who murder for ISIS are paid $150 or $400 a month depending on where you look...”
If we are to believe those numbers, and that there are @ 50,000 of them, that puts it between 7 to 20 million a month.
BINGO. Post of the day.
When this administraion and their minions make comment that the reason why these radical Islamic terrorist are the way they are, they are putting the cart before the horse.
All what they are saying is total nonsense.
Hell, proverty, death, mayhem always follows radical Islam, Isis.
“...that puts it between 7 and 20 million a month.”
They apparently take in a million a day in black market oil that leaves the area clandestinely in tanker trucks and other vehicles. I don’t understand how the conspirator in chief allows the wells where they are at to pump. But, I guess the words conspirator in chief answers that.
Additionally, they stole all the money and other contents of valuts in banks in cities they took over. Rsports are its in the millions. And, them theres cash and other support coming from wealthy mideast donors. They are far from cash strapped.
Don’t forget shakedowns of the public where they are.
Obama buys every ‘pity party’ line put out... what a fool.
Better to say the leaders of ISIS and other Islamic terrorists are similar to the friends that Obama has associated with - Bernardine Dorn, (weather Underground) and her husband Bill Ayers (come from wealth and privilege). What do we know about the roots of the Islamic terrorists of today - rooted in the 1960s radicalism that came about through people like Sayeed Qut ( hanged in 1966 in Egypt for his radical idealogy_ Philosophy and Ideology of Sayeed Qut’s Radicalism is known as jahiliyyah (Godless Ignorance) as Islam has foundered for centuries and that the educated elites must rise up a rid islam from the inroads that have caused its downfall in political strength - Judaism, Christianity, the West, feminism, the House of Saud, technology and other aspects that make Islam to become a weak religion.
Does anyone think that Obama is not rehearsed in the works of Sayeed Qut. Come now the reason his transcripts are withheld and no one saw Obama at Columbia - is Obama attended colleges abroad under the Study abroad program. His coursework would transfer back to Columbia. (Hey I took coursework in college in the 1980s that allowed me to study abroad in colleges in Europe - West Germany, Great Britian,and the Netherlands - Yes 1 year of classes offered in three quarters of courses offered in Europe ). let’s be realistic, Obama always stresses spain as a way to look to progress. I believe there were Study Abroad Colleges in spain, Greece and I think there were offerings in Russia. (Why Spain - Muslims where in Spain until the 1400’s - Columbus was able to approach the queen after Spain had driven out the Muslims. Spain also a socialist country - progressive. Why not also Greece! Russia too!
Obama always stated he was an International Person - Study Abroad and the transcripts if released would state where Obama attended and coursework he studied - Columbia University - liberal, socialism and radical ideas rampant - why would he attend there to get exposed to more radicalism. Goes to Chicago - more radicalism of anti American rhetoric Saul alinsky. finds a Church that allows Muslim beleievers to attend, claim Christianity and get furher indoctrinated by a Muslim convert whom also was a Christian Pastor through the liberal denomination(United Church of Christ)of Reverend jeremiah Wright.
(when I was in college I had a history professor whom was a ordained pastor, college professor in the same denomination - the hate filled American rhetoric that spewed from his mouth was sickening and this was in freshmen required college courses, when in the 400 and 500 series (upperclassmen) courses his rhetoric was worse. So I went abroad to have a understanding of European History from a European Viewpoint.
this is hoped for some FReepers to see that a college education can be utilized by someone like Obama to give him a picture of the rising tide of Islamoism that was on the rise in Europe in the 80s. Look Prince Charles (england) supports Islamoism to a detriment of England. The fruits of Obama’s education and beliefs where done to give Obama the ends to justify his means - hatred of the Wes, and hatred of America., Judaism and so much more. His true nature is becoming evident. WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE WORSE, NEXT YEAR , HIS LAST YEAR WILL BE HE WORSE!!!
They also get a lot of Saudi oil money. And support from the Turkish government.
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