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Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Ok, Ty -- in terms of the question of whther terorists such as Al Qaeda care about and/or attempt to influence domestic politics in the West, including the U.S. in this protracted apocalyptic battle that they forsee, what do you think about:
(a) Al Qaeda's offer to the EU nations of a "truce" if they met certain conditions; or
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Clever PR. But to my mind, more focused on consumption in the countries to be in the Caliphate. AQ is using us as a foil.
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(b) the demands of the kidnappers holding three Italian security guys in Iraq that Italians protest their country's presence in Iraq on a certain day lest their captured countrymen be slain; or
(c) the kidnappings of Japanese and Korean civilians, with demands that those nations withdraw their troops by a certain deadline?
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Doubtless, those kidnappers are trying to drive these countries out of Iraq, and are trying to use public opinion in those countries. I just don't see that domestic political dissent has much place in that equation.
