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Originally Posted by Frame57
As far as Countries like SA or Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, it looks to me like they have lived in very arid conditions for a millenia. They have oil and poppies which bring them income, but it seems that only a few have benefitted from their resources. OPEC and the Saudi royalty specifically.
The form of muslim terrorism has its roots steeped in religion. Israel being its number one target. America supports Israel, so then we become number two target.
I do not think for a moment that a coward could recruit an ignorant woman to strap a bomb on her body in the name of global warming, but I do see how a fanatical mindset invoked by religion can accomplish this. Just like how cults get their followers to commit suicide etc... It is called Jihad.
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Then you should check the history of british, french and american oil companies from the the beginning of the 20th century onwards in this region. The support of the Shah and the later iranian iraqi war with it's massive american infuence. Add to that americas and europas support of Israel and you will understand these ppl quite a bit better, especially that such anti jewish tendencies only really developed "after" the foundatiion of Isreal, massivly influenced by german ideology. The OPEC is fairly young in comparison to this history.
If you want, you can trace this back even to the middle ages and their crusades, then Bush talking about a "crusade" on international TV when it came to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. It is not so much if those prejudices against the west are justifed or if everything thrown around down is based on facts. But it's all about how the common ppl "percieve" it there.
You are right, btw, the area is pretty arid, and was so for quite some time. Now imagine it becoming even more dry, reducing the few areas capable of agriculture even more. Or for that matter, all the african nations. Not to forget the vast areas of the great plains and southwestern russia who will suffer, too. Food shortages already caused massive and worldwide uproars last year.
No, based on global warming alone a palestine women won't bomb anybody. There we agree. But with the effects of global warming in mind, based on all the other expiriences these ppl made with the west, this will be an amplifier. And it does not even matter if they really put the blame on the west for that. The more extreme conditions alone will create more extremists.
But as said before, this probably works better to continue in another thread.