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Lindt thinks there may be 40 to 50 hostages in their caffeine joint because they have a staff of 10.
Such a tragedy. But let's not torture these animals for information to hunt down captains and generals in the regime of Islamic terror. Let's treat them like humans even though they have no regard for human life.
Yes it is. And according to early reports it is also likely irrelevant, since this guy seems to be s lone actor. One of the problems with this kind of terrorism is that there often is no authority, no central plan. These guys act by themselves without instruction from some organization whose members we can capture and interrogate.
Self-described Muslim cleric, forces hostages to hold up a banner with the Shahada, demands an ISIS flag...and you see no connection to Islam.
i never wrote that. Did you read my post? It's very clear that he is an Islamist and this was an act of terrorism. What I wrote was that it likely wasn't planned by some central authority somewhere.Self-described Muslim cleric, forces hostages to hold up a banner with the Shahada, demands an ISIS flag...and you see no connection to Islam.
I don't think he said no connection to Islam, but no connection to authority or central plan. ISIS said already that they encourage followers to act independantly, i.e. "Lone Wolf Attacks," and just commit attacks without the need for any "approval."Self-described Muslim cleric, forces hostages to hold up a banner with the Shahada, demands an ISIS flag...and you see no connection to Islam.
This is a little narrow-minded. I get saying that about radical Islam, but not Islam in general.
Way to bring something up then immediately say let's not talk about it. Extremely childish and passive aggressive.
I've become narrow-minded on the subject and would shame an earlier version of me. I've spent a great deal of time in East Africa and seen how an AQ offshoot has essentially destroyed any hope of building a modern society that can care for the people. And the AQ there are protected by the Muslim community at-large, who refuse to tell the Army who the killers are, even anonymously, even though they are among them and known therein. The Muslims at-large prefer living in a brutal AQ theocracy to living in a western-styled democracy. So I've decided they are also to blame. And then when I see the way basically every Muslim treats women, I realize there is an insurmountable gap between them and the rest of "us."
Treat them like humans? No
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