Sorceror to be beheaded

[kandrathe]

For the most part, the masses don't care enough to strap explosives to themselves - unless western actions are directly impacting them.

I'm not sure any nation can exist that appeases all philosophies, particularly foreign ones that are mostly diametrically opposed to the morals and principles which characterize the majority. Whether it be bombings by the Animal Liberation Front, Anti-abortionists, Army of God, KKK, Weatherman, Neo-Nazi's, Tim McVeigh, WTC I or II... A group of disaffected radicals decided to step up their protests to a level worthy of news coverage, be they domestic or international. In many ways, terrorism and mass murder is the ultimate expression of socio-pathological narcissism. It's the ultimate expression of; "LOOK AT ME! LISTEN TO ME! I AM POWERFUL!" Add to that the exclusivity allowed for in a twisted philosophy that declares non-believers disposable, and offers rewards for their dispatch.

It's not hard to see how a small percentage (amounting to many thousands of willing martyrs) of disaffected radicalized people might arise from the large population of Muslims who truly have been wronged by western interests over the past hundred or so years. Reconciliation for past harms by western nations aside, I don't favor headlong capitulation to jihadist demands. We can't put Humpty Dumpty (Persian / Turkish empires ) together again, but we can begin to have a dialog. It can start with how we might be less hypocritical in espousing one set of values and standards for ourselves, and yet (acting and ) supporting or propping up regimes that are diametrically opposed to our values and standards.

After the holocaust was uncovered, the western powers vowed that "never again" would this type of crime be allowed. And yet, we see despots and their hallmark of mass graves filled with their "undesirables", whether they be Iraqi Kurds, Sudanese Christians, or Hazaras in Afghanistan. I'm drawn toward a non-interventionist policy in general, but this kind of crime screams for international justice. In many cases I fear the carnage is a direct result of the unintended consequences of western (or Soviet) intervention over the past 120 years.