"associated with Al Qaeda" is all there is to being Al Qaeda. The organization itself, is not even an organization. To use the tactics of, to draw inspiration from, and carry out acts in the name of, Al Qaeda....is to BE Al Qaeda.
It's a name that has come to mean a common set of terrorist ideals. Whether you are sporting an Al Qaeda badge, or whether you've endured some induction ceremony, is not nearly as important as whether you share their ideals and intentions. But you are exactly right in your last sentence. They are out to achieve power, not demands. If we left Iraq, terrorists wouldn't disappear. If Israel picked up and moved to Saturn, terrorists wouldn't disappear. If we built each Palestinian a house made of solid gold, terrorists wouldn't disappear....etc etc... > Again with the blaming Al Qaeda. The official findings are that the > evidence points to a group "associated with Al Qaeda." I'm "associated > with" all of you. "Associated with" means basically nothing. I'm not > saying that Al Qaeda isn't bad; I'm just saying that you should be > accurate when laying blame. > > One thing that people fail to take into account with terrorists is > that their biggest demand, even if unstated, is "Pay attention to us." > Whatever group did this has probably already achieved their goals > without even listing any demands. They have our attention. They want > us to say that we aren't going to give into their demands because not > only are we paying attention, but we are actively refusing to fix > something that might actually be a problem. They give us a reason to > actively refuse to fix a possibly legitimate problem and our refusal > to fix it gives them the ammunition to recruit more members. In some > cases it encourages us to invade some foreign country killing innocent > people, giving them more ammunition for recruiting members. > > This is about one group's attempt to get power, not about achieving > their stated demands. > > On 7/7/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Al Qaeda bombed some trains in Spain, and the government promptly gave in >> to >> their demands and pulled out of Iraq. I said at the time, no matter what >> you >> felt about the war, this was a VERY dangerous precedent being set. Sadly, >> it >> was a matter of time before the same attack was employed somewhere else. >> >> You simply cannot give in to terrorrist's demands. > -- > "You can't destroy EVERYthing. Where would you sit?" The Tick > > Now for hire... > http://www.blivit.org/mr_urc/index.cfm > > Now blogging.... > http://www.blivit.org/blog/index.cfm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163546 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
