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| quote: | | AL-QAEDA mentality...let's kill americans today! OK, to kill 2 americans we will need to kil 5 brits, 3 germans, 1 frenchman, and let's say 3 filipinos...but sir, what if they are muslim filipinos? FUCK IT! they are but sheep to our cause...we must kill americans! |
Sigh.
The killing of the foreigners is a means to an end not an end in and of itself.
Maybe people should actually read what Bin Laden has said to understand the objectives of the islamists.
They are principally
1) removing foreigners from Saudi Arabia, particularly american soldiers
2) a return to traditional islamic virtues and austerity in Muslim countries which they believe are too secular and close to the west.
3) ending the persecution being waged against Muslims in Iraq, Chechnya, Palestine by the West.
By attacking the foreigners in Saudi Arabia they are really striking at the Saudi government whom they despise, much the same as the Al-queda agents who massacred tourists in Egypt a few years ago were striking at the Egyptian government. Drive out the foreigners and you by necessity weaken the government.
Al-Queda has already succeeded in getting rid of most US soldiers from Saudi Arabia so Al-Queda is far from being beaten.
There is going to be a major shakeup in the Middle East, from which no countries in the region will be immune.
Neither America nor Israel will be dictating the terms, Al-Queda will.
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