Posted on 11/28/2014 8:34:45 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
Alleviating hunger and poverty won’t end jihad terrorism. The Pope here is repeating the oft-refuted notion that poverty causes terrorism. CNS News noted in September 2013 that “according to a Rand Corporation report on counterterrorism, prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense in 2009, ‘Terrorists are not particularly impoverished, uneducated, or afflicted by mental disease. Demographically, their most important characteristic is normalcy (within their environment). Terrorist leaders actually tend to come from relatively privileged backgrounds.’ One of the authors of the RAND report, Darcy Noricks, also found that according to a number of academic studies, ‘Terrorists turn out to be more rather than less educated than the general population.’”
Also, does the Pope of Rome really think that alleviating material distress will solve a conflict that obviously has a major spiritual component? The jihadists believe they are doing the will of Allah in fighting against the Infidel. Does he really think that spiritual imperative will suddenly lose its appeal if they have a nice meal, a comfortable place to sleep, and a good job at the WalMart? The Pope, of all people, should be aware that satisfying material needs doesn’t solve spiritual hungers.
And if he thinks that “dialogue” will solve the problem of jihad terrorism, will he travel to Mosul and offer to open up a “dialogue” with the caliph Ibrahim, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi? And if not, why does he believe that “dialogue” will solve this problem at all?
“Pope Francis calls for inter-faith dialogue to stop terrorism during visit to Turkey,” ABC.net.au, November 28, 2014:
Pope Francis has called for inter-faith dialogue to help end fundamentalism and terrorism during his first visit to Turkey.
He said fighting hunger and poverty, rather than military intervention alone, were also key to stopping Islamist militants carrying out “grave persecutions” in Syria and Iraq.
Speaking at the start of a three-day trip to Turkey, Pope Francis said “terrorist violence” showed no sign of abating in Turkey’s southern neighbours, where Islamist insurgents had declared a caliphate and persecuted Shiite Muslims, Christians and others who do not share their ultra-radical brand of Sunni Islam.
“It is licit, while always respecting international law, to stop an unjust aggressor,” the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics said in reference to the Islamic State militants after a meeting with Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan.
“What is required is a concerted commitment on the part of all … [to] enable resources to be directed, not to weaponry, but to the other noble battles worthy of man: the fight against hunger and sickness.”…
“It is essential that all citizens – Muslim, Jewish and Christian – both in the provision and practice of the law, enjoy the same rights and respect the same duties,” Pope Francis said….
fighting islam is key to stopping jihadists.
we don’t pay jizya to appease them not to murder us, pope.
Right. It’s religion, Islam, and not hunger or poverty that fuels ISIS.
Osama bin Laden suffered hunger and poverty all his life... Oh, wait...
Killing muslims is key to stopping jihadists.
Pope Urban II (1088-1099) figured out how to deal with these idiots.
Martel figured that out.
The titular head of the Catholic Church is a moron. Period.
He’s more than the titular head. He’s the real head.
Amen to that.
O, I don't know Art. He is ROMAN Catholic, you know? Perhaps he means to give that delicious pannino they sell on the streets of Rome made with the barbecued and herb stuffed whole pig, La Porchetta,to every jihadi.
Actually the theology behind the suggestion is quite sound. Many people can get really nasty when they are hungry. But, if a jihadi is snacking on delicious pannino di porchetta, he obviously cannot be beheading, crucifying, raping, or torturing a Christian at the same time. Pope Frankie's Logic here is quite the equal of that of St. Thomas Aquinas. I say let's give it the olde church try!
-Pope Francis-
By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation
-Joni Mitchell-
Fidem Scit.
trans: latin= “He knows the faith.”
[pronounced “feed-em sh_t”]
You could do more to stop Islamic terrorists by banning Muslims from medical school. A surprising number seem to be doctors.
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You've got me. That might be a new, improved LOL, or it might be something else. What does it mean?
That’s the same view as promoted by the State Department, CIA, thousands of NGO’s (e.g. open society, etc.), the Rockefeller Foundation, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, etc.
Just sayin’.
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