“…what really fuels the Jihad: it isn’t religion, it isn’t belief, it’s money.” – Strategy Page

Ding, Ding, Ding! Correct!

There isn’t all much of a difference between the Taliban and bank robbers, except maybe bank robbers are nicer. -Wretchard

Yes, that is true.

“…a good rule of thumb for judging movements is to conclude that the more high minded a cause pretends to be, the more sordid are its actual motives.” -Wretchard

That is true most of the time.

“…the 10 most decadent dictators in recent history; vicious men who literally wallowed in wealth and luxury often while their populations starved.” – Wretchard

How true. That is why it is necessary to wage both a hot war and an economic war.

The more intensive one wages said wars the quicker the wars end. Waging war requires economic strangulation of the enemy (the more accurate the suffocation the better).

When the west realizes this, which given the high gas prices may happen very soon, the better we will be able to win said wars.