On 4/11/06, Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:33:08 -0700, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Isn't it blindingly obvious that the bin Ladens of this world find > > followers because of the social and economic conditions where they > > recruit? > > No, that's not obvious at all. I'm pretty sure that many of his recruits > are middle/upper income types. I would argue that it is the wealth of the > region that stimulates terrorism and that if the Middle East was > economically and politically irrelevant there would be no epidemic of > terrorism. > > -- > Doug
Seconded. I remember reading the 9/11 report and interestedly looking at the wealth statistics- predominately middle and upper class (bin Laden himself being a good example). ~maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
