tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post3091777394440436961..comments2023-10-29T09:38:37.412+00:00Comments on OUFI: House of Commons vote to Bomb Syria 2nd December, 2015OUFIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-4297652738927165152015-12-07T22:28:09.031+00:002015-12-07T22:28:09.031+00:00This is the first sentence:
"With Arabs and ...This is the first sentence:<br /><br />"With Arabs and Isis for instance there are many grievances and humiliation suffered at the hands of Imperial powers over the last century."<br /><br />Where is the wrong?OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-19035802831514459032015-12-07T21:04:06.774+00:002015-12-07T21:04:06.774+00:00Sorry but you dogged the real issue in the first s...Sorry but you dogged the real issue in the first sentence of your last paragraph. That is a typical statement which I've heard before from many people which is absolute not true.<br /><br />Perhaps the so called crusaders should not have gone to help countries like Kuwait, Afghanistan and the Balkans and left the people of those countries to deal with their own problems!<br />DesertFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950649242366994800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-23360849500270775162015-12-07T18:24:20.541+00:002015-12-07T18:24:20.541+00:00
Good question DesertFox and a complicated one but...<br />Good question DesertFox and a complicated one but I will give it my best shot.<br /><br />It could be from a variety of sources. Historically, Communism, Fascism, Nazism and Nationalism come from grievances, economic turmoil, and apprehensiveness. All these forces come in different directions in different strengths largely reflect a certain time. War for instance. To ignite it there ought to be one with charismatic fiery personality such as Hitler who not only very articulate in expressing it but able to group a following. The following, called mass culture would then provide the fuel that propels such a movement.<br /><br />With Arabs and Isis for instance there are many grievances and humiliation suffered at the hands of Imperial powers over the last century. As for Isis their ideology is embedded in religion just as Hitler’s ideology was embedded in Nationalism and Anti-Semitics policies. Mussolini Fascist ideology unique in character involved the State and Nation while Stalin Communist ideology was determined by a classless and property Society under a totalitarian regime.<br />OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-2416280297190299002015-12-07T16:59:32.919+00:002015-12-07T16:59:32.919+00:00I don't disagree that it could be an ideology,...I don't disagree that it could be an ideology, but where does it derive from?DesertFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950649242366994800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-54235183178270122612015-12-04T06:12:29.340+00:002015-12-04T06:12:29.340+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-86152400128780255542015-12-04T06:11:23.507+00:002015-12-04T06:11:23.507+00:00First and foremost I believe there is a need for a...First and foremost I believe there is a need for an overbearing acknowledgement that ISIS is an ideology and is not embodied by one or more entity. However, staying with the same metaphor, it is not so much a snake but a Hydra that has infiltrated the fundamentalist’s psyche in most of Europe. By pulling all the bridges locally would be to strangle it militarily and economically with the hope that it will implode from within. Soldiers on the ground can make that essential difference to bring about the siege effect for isolating this monster. There is every reason this can debilitate the order and set in motion disagreements and divisions that can effectively undermine ISIS credibility world-wide from the inside. A military confrontation as we have currently has no guarantee and as military action no matter how strategic, the objective remains wanting.<br /><br />As I see it the confusion is in the lack of understanding of the enemy. Like Communism and Fascism before it we have another totalitarian order that seem hell-bent in need to flourish on the global stage. To defeat this ideology a clear consensus of opinions need to emerge to find the significant causes of this clash of civilisation. Instead we have so far a clash of worlds playing two different games.<br />OUFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583847779944899846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3884298032433971183.post-67444036138790506762015-12-03T17:30:04.605+00:002015-12-03T17:30:04.605+00:00Air strikes alone are not enough. Feet on the grou...Air strikes alone are not enough. Feet on the ground is a waste of good human life. Unless the head of the snake is cut it will continue to run and hide, shed its face and resurface again under a new disguise.DesertFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02950649242366994800noreply@blogger.com