--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 13, 2005, at 12:51 PM, jim_flanegin wrote: > > > Thanks for posting this. My sense about why a tiny fraction of the > > Islamic world wants to kill Westerners is partially explained by the > > poverty and deprivation created by the excesses of a capitalist > > system. However the greater influence of capitalist driven excess is > > in its pervasiveness, its cultural domination, and this is what the > > terrorists are opposing with their horribly misguided violence. > > Osama is a millionaire. Many of the terrorists come from affluent or > upwardly mobile lives--esp. in Britain where many are college educated. > Honestly, the idea that it is caused by poverty may just be PC BS or > government disinformation. The connection between terrorism and poverty > has been disproven again and again--but don't expect to hear the from a > politician. > > The most recent reports of wealthy Arabs coming illegally into the US > over the southern border also indicates that these people were carrying > large sums of cash.
Actually, the connection between poverty and terrorism has been proven time and time again. The 9/11 pilots were the exception, not the rule. If nothing else, you don't take your highly educated fanatics and turn them into casual suicide bombers, and its easier to get someone who is born into poverty to agree to kill themselves for the sakeof taking out a small number of enemies than it is to get the middle- upper class fanatic to do that. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
