Udhay Shankar N [15/10/08 18:35 +0530]:
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 10/15/2008 6:04 PM]:
Terror as a means to rule, rather than as a groupthink / social bonding
exercise.
The two aren't mutually exclusive, are they?
Depends, as long as you dont oversimplify it like the study schneier quotes
Or fall into the error of thinking groupthink is the sole reason for this
The idea of jihad is well.. flexible. And you can wage jihad wherever you
like - which would explain why saudis land in kashmir, british convert
muslims land in afghanistan and chechnya etc. Combined with old soviet
tactics (where this guy in his rebuttal is right on the money, for all his
bombast) makes it a dangerous combination.
