VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks

Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by JonoBB on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @01:57PM (#10583178)

I think the extent to which this sect is completely and utterly divorced from the rest of humanity was well captured in a piece by The Atlantic - http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isi...

> We can gather that their state rejects peace as a matter of principle; that it hungers for genocide; that its religious views make it constitutionally incapable of certain types of change, even if that change might ensure its survival; and that it considers itself a harbinger of—and headline player in—the imminent end of the world.

> We are misled in a second way, by a well-intentioned but dishonest campaign to deny the Islamic State’s medieval religious nature.

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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by will_pseudonym on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @02:02PM (#10583225)

I read an interesting article which found that it wasn't necessarily a religious sect for many of its members. It was more of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" after the aftermath of Middle East turmoil after post 9-11 military operations by the USA and others. Give it a read. It made a lot of sense.

http://www.thenation.com/article/what-i-discovered-from-inte...

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