+1 for the discussion of terrorism to be a discussion of tactical warfare.
Motivation for committing terrorism is separate from acts of terrorism, and it's difficult to conflate the two without losing both topics in the process.
Religious and non-religious motivation for acts of terrorism has sufficient history that we don't need to conflate the religion with the act.
I'd much rather focus on the world order that helps fund and deflects criticism of the wahabism that is largely responsible for the majority of 21st century acts of terror.
As I've said before, if the IRA were better funded they would be spreading their terrorism to other places. One of the reasons the IRA has difficulty recruiting is because there are other, better things to do that follow religious dogma into violence.
What the #### are we doing as a society when we sell arms contracts to THE chief sponsors of international terrorism in the world?
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