@fallen-archie wrote:
From Iran to Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the Balkans wherever you look one group say it's all the West's fault another says it's terrorists seeking to take over the world, it seems impossible to get a grip on what we can do. In a hopeless attempt to cut through the political fog and propaganda I have read dozens of articles and considered opinions from a wide range of sources. One which I did find interesting I provide a link for, if you can be bothered give it a read, then come back and tell me it's yet more rubbish.
http://www.planetarymovement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=998&Itemid=1
No, I don't think it is rubbish. Not sure I agree with all, but the bit that caught my eye was this:
"In reality, IS is an extremely modern movement, a movement of today and probably of tomorrow. It uses the most up-to-date instruments, like the internet. It is a revolutionary movement, probably the most revolutionary in today's world.
In its rise to power, it uses barbaric methods from bygone times to achieve very modern aims. It creates terror. Not the propaganda term "terrorism" used nowadays by all governments to stigmatize their enemies. But actual atrocities, abominable deeds, chopping off heads, destroying invaluable antiquities - all to strike debilitating fear into the hearts of its enemies."
When large numbers of people take patchworked "news" from sabre-rattling and fearmongering "Guns 'n' God" outlets as gospel, it's pretty much doing ISIS's bidding for them.
