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Everything Old Is New Again

This article was fascinating: The Fallacy of Grievance-based Terrorism . Written by a currently serving Naval captain.

A snippet:

.... The roots of jihadism and its opposition to the United States as part of the non-Muslim West were cast long before World War I erupted. The interaction between the United States and Muslim states and societies dates back to American independence. Contemporary jihadism is not the result of accumulated grievance; rather it has for cultural reasons been an integral factor in Islamic societies' interaction with the United States.

Posted by Ith at January 21, 2008 4:04 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE