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"The Barbarians Within Our Gates" Interesting read for those interested in the MIddle East !


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This guys sounds like the AO of the Middle East, with a serious bone to pick against Islam.

Wake up, dude. The problem isn't religion, the problem is desperate people with no hope who have been bombed into oblivion and have no other choice but to support and/or join these nut jobs. Either that or die starving in some gutter

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The United States needs to stop funding terrorism in the Middle East, and let men like Assad and King Abulldah II of Jordan police their own countries. By any means. 

 

I agree with bakunin except for the "by any means" part.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I'm going to take a shower.

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I know I’ve mentioned it before but for the sake of clarity, I’m a desert Storm veteran and have spent the better part of the last 17 years in and out of the middle east as a contractor. I’ve worked with Bedouins wearing their first pair of closed-toe shoes, the son of the Saudi king, and pretty much everything in between. There are a few things about the culture here and in most of the Muslim world that stand out to me.

 

For the most part they are born into the life they’ll live. It’s changing over the last few years as unemployment is 30%+ but until recently few of them planned a career and expected to advance based on merit. Things are so nepotistic that I’ve seen 2 stripers chew out Majors with no thought of repercussion. This is fine for some but the few who want to earn their way have a lot of road blocks.

 

The other big activity in a young man’s life is the pursuit of a mate. This is also basically arranged for them. Can you imagine going through your 20’s with no career or woman chasing to expend your energy? Where do you focus yourself? To me this is the biggest selling point for the radicals. They actually get to be a part of something and have a purpose in their lives.

 

I’m not trying to excuse or apologize for their actions, just point out what I see as reasons it happens so often. These are long standing cultural issues that combine with Islam in an ugly way.

 

One other overlooked aspect of Islam is the prayer times. They are so spread out that a Muslim might never get a full uninterrupted sleep in their entire life. 

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That's exactly why we need to do what Howard Stern says and build strip clubs throughout the Middle East.

That's Jew mode of operation and an answer to destroying organic culture that practices restraint and modesty. Infect it with porn. Turn it into industry. ????. Profit. 

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I know I’ve mentioned it before but for the sake of clarity, I’m a desert Storm veteran and have spent the better part of the last 17 years in and out of the middle east as a contractor. I’ve worked with Bedouins wearing their first pair of closed-toe shoes, the son of the Saudi king, and pretty much everything in between. There are a few things about the culture here and in most of the Muslim world that stand out to me.

 

For the most part they are born into the life they’ll live. It’s changing over the last few years as unemployment is 30%+ but until recently few of them planned a career and expected to advance based on merit. Things are so nepotistic that I’ve seen 2 stripers chew out Majors with no thought of repercussion. This is fine for some but the few who want to earn their way have a lot of road blocks.

 

The other big activity in a young man’s life is the pursuit of a mate. This is also basically arranged for them. Can you imagine going through your 20’s with no career or woman chasing to expend your energy? Where do you focus yourself? To me this is the biggest selling point for the radicals. They actually get to be a part of something and have a purpose in their lives.

 

I’m not trying to excuse or apologize for their actions, just point out what I see as reasons it happens so often. These are long standing cultural issues that combine with Islam in an ugly way.

 

One other overlooked aspect of Islam is the prayer times. They are so spread out that a Muslim might never get a full uninterrupted sleep in their entire life.

I've heard a few interviews with Kumail Nanjiani (stand up comic and actor, and one of the main characters on Silicon Valley) where he has spoken on the realities of recruitment and culture in the Middle East. He was born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan, then moved to Iowa at 18. One of the funnier/ more eye opening stories he told was of his first time shaking hands with a girl at a party in Iowa. The story isn't much, but the way he described the excitement of it and how he knew this would be considered so wrong in Karachi was really crazy to hear.

The second thing I heard him talk about was in regard to Al Qaida recruitment in Pakistan. He described young recruits as the rednecks of Pakistan. Basically poor, uneducated, and aimless. He mentioned that most of these recruits come from rural areas with no real possibility of a career, and quite interestingly, are often illiterate. So, these kids that lay their life on the line to promote a strict interpretation (though arguably inaccurate) of the Koran, often don't have the ability to even read it. An interpretation is simply told to them. It's quite sad really.

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