An expert on terrorism, who co-wrote a book profiling bin Laden and al-Qaida, said Murray’s comments, published yesterday in The Columbian newspaper, were mostly on the mark.
"That’s kind of a generalization, but mostly accurate," Michael Swetnam, chairman of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Arlington, Va., said yesterday.
Thats why all the "roads" in Afghanistan were paved so well that 4x4's were needed to get through even in dry weather. Please someoneone anyone tell me of a single day care center, health clinic or school that teaches every child for free funded by UBL. Training camps for teaching the use of AK's and RPG's do not count in this.
If one analyzes the appeal of UBL it is an appeal that resonates well with the relatively powerless in stratified Islamic societies where the chances of even meeting a woman to settle down with are almost non-existant without some easy way to circumvent the social hierarcy that comes from your parents wealth. The focus on women as second class humans also can further alienate young males and make the lure of a plunderer so much more attractive. This has long been a very useful recruiting method and it has staffed terror troops from prehistoric times.
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