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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
The dictatorships bred this extremism with heavy handed oppression and theft of hope for a dignified life.
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Did they? It seems this all stems from Afghanistan and Americans/Pakistanis stirring up opposition to the Soviets. They loined the zealots to fight the godless Communists and then the Soviets left and the bearded fellows had nothing to do... Nasser/Sadat, Assad Sr. and Saddam had been in power for many decades without much ado...