A Simple Rule

[abaris]

Additionally, poverty feeds radical Islam by attaching economic conditions to oppression by rich Christian nations, especially the USA -- "we're poor because of the American embargo".

Add to this the fact of people losing loved ones to bombs or knowng someone who did and you get that deadly mixture of personal loss, patriotism and feelings of revenge that can be so easily exploited when someone gives them a cause.

I have to say, that's an argument I'm making for the last decade whenever some of these discussions crop up. Everyone should try to reflect on how they would feel when being under attack, when losing either their livelihood or relatives or in many cases both. One doesn't simply wake up one morning and says, hey, it's a good day to become a suicide bomber. There's a process involved and to look at that process is vital.