hopeless wanderer
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France has a history of brutality in its Arab colonies which has lived on in folk memories.
It seems that the Gulf states are more interested in keeping Shias out of the way and covertly funding IS, Al Qaeda and their Salafist doctrines serves them well. Their definition of a terrorist is not the same as ours. UAE and Saudi (and indeed US) troops have been fighting in Yemen, both because of Yemens strategic position and also because the Houthi are aligned with Iran (Shia). In this country we are at the edge of all this and to lump all Muslims together is somewhat missing the point.
As most of the criminal injuries (which are far more than from any terrorist attack) in this country are committed by people of all types and ethnicities, I can’t quite see how locking up people that might cause them, as a precautionary measure , would be justified or practical, plenty of home grown “nutters” or easily led people with a greivance out there. This is not that we should be complacent, but the object of the horrible attacks such as we’ve seen is to spread unrest, fear, disruption and division, which to a certain extent seems to be working.
I was talking with a soldier recently who had been serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, his opinion was that little would change through outside military intervention. Some people in those countries are indoctrinated virtually from birth in distrust and hatred of all those with different beliefs (as he said “arguing about who has the best imaginary friend”, a quote often attributed to Yasser Arafat, though probably wrongly) and education, which is sadly lacking for many, is the only way to change things in the long run.
Our definition of a terrorist isn't the same as ours !
The late Jo Cox M.P. is brutally murdered in the street by someone with an affiliation to right wing extremist groups, Actually screaming the name of a right wing "political party" as he knifes her:
Conclusion mentally ill loner.
The late Fusilier Lee rigby is brutally murdered in the street by persons with affiliation or sympathetic to Islamic extremist groups, Screaming Allah Akbar:
Conclusion terrorist attack.
I was only half joking with the Family guy picture.