tanstaafl
2008-04-21 08:52:26
These crimes demonstrate that the principles and values that al-Qaeda touted are false and that the old ways have failed. Otherwise al-Qaeda wouldn’t have switched to terrorizing fellow Sunnis instead of promising mansions in heaven and dozens of virgins.
Al Qaeda’s message (rationale) has constantly morphed over the years, as a function of what was (or wasn’t) working.
Associating that group with “principles and values” at all is a bit of a stretch since the arguments simply change with changing circumstances.
Any words uttered or written are simply driven by the goal, the most immediate goal being Radical Islam finding some place in the world to, again, set up shop.
Unfortunately, Somalia (and to some extent, Sudan) look promising.
