@Leon Said
I would even argue that the Islamic violence isn’t about religion either.
Sorry.... long post to follow...
Interesting (at least to me) the violence perpetrated by so called
terrorist groups is essentially (from a legal/ law enforcement perspective) perpetrated by
organized violent crime groups.
The violence perpetrated by governments is
organized legal violent groups.
(Side note: Some will argue against this, but
terrorism is at its core a crime. Yes,
one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. None the less, either way, terrorist acts are foremost crimes against the state... murder, kidnapping, destruction of public or private property, etc... crimes. They may or may not be
historically justified... or
justified by history... but remain crimes against the state. I am happy to expand and further explain that to anyone who might be confused or uncertain.)
Back to the
organized violent (crime) groups... there are (obviously) a variety with a variety of both claimed purposes and actual goals...
The Zionists wanted a Jewish homeland.
The PLA wants
its land back.
The IRA wanted a "free" Ireland.
The
Colonists (present day USA) wanted freedom from the King.
Islamic Terrorists want freedom from the repression of the West... aka the USA and its allies.
The Mafia wants freedom from the Law.
They all want to
buck the system and all violate the
law to do this...
They all want a few things:
> Money
> Power
> Resources
> Influence
>
Freedom... or some level of freedom
etc.... etc... etc...
The difference between
organized violent (crime) groups is their perspective... and (sometimes) legal standing...
> The Mafia wants money to gain power to gain more money...
> The Zionists wanted money to gain the ability to gain power to obtain their
homeland.
> Muslim terrorist want money to gain the ability to gain power to throw off the shackles of Satan (aka the USA and its allies)
> Countries like the USA, USSR/Russian Federation, GB/UK, etc... want money to gain the ability to gain power to gain control over the world's resources that provide money to gain more power....
We are far beyond
Maslow's hierarchy of needs here folks...
"We" are all (nearly all) being used by the few who want...
> To gain Money
> To gain Power
> To gain more money Money
> To gain Resources
> To gain Power
> To gain more Money
> etc.
"You" or "we" can start reckoning the process wherever we want, but ultimately the goals are the same....
...money... resources...violence...power...money...
or
... violence... money... violence... money... power... violence...resources... power... etc
The motivations are, ultimately, power and money.
The claimed motivation is freedom... sometime supported by
religion...
The tactics and strategy shift in order, but focus on: money, resources, power, violence...
And propaganda to make it all tase good.