Current Affairs How do we tackle terrorism?

[bazzer25]

Good point. Those 200 school girls in Nigeria probably agree.

Exactly and what have western government done about those girls, nothing! Why, who knows but there isn't any oil involved I would imagine?

 

[roydo]

Exactly and what have western government done about those girls, nothing! Why, who knows but there isn't any oil involved I would imagine?

Thought Nigeria had plenty of the stuff. Certainly something. They are in the top 10 economies in the world, or in the play offs.

 

[peteblue]

Because maybe the children of today are those who become the leaders of tomorrow mate

Or we could let the kids grow up getting their understanding of the world via Rupert Murdoch, Call of Duty and Twitter xenophobes.

You still miss the point. The children of today know all about other religions. The issue is how to stop Islamic children being radicalised and becoming terrorists........

 

[roydo]

Thought Nigeria had plenty of the stuff. Certainly something. They are in the top 10 economies in the world, or in the play offs.

Actually, thats tripe.

Tons of natural resources, but Div 2 globally.

 

[peteblue]

Exactly and what have western government done about those girls, nothing! Why, who knows but there isn't any oil involved I would imagine?

Why should we ?. If we intervene we get abused, we get 'Colonialism' thrown at us. But guess what, very few people alive today had anything to do with Colonialism. So if we intervene it's our fault, and if we don't it's our fault.....

 

[lancs blue]

the whole world is screwed. it's luck rather than judgement that any of of us aren't involved. it's the governernments of our our past and future which guide our destiny which scares me more. none of them seem to learn

 

[Milkman]

Exactly and what have western government done about those girls, nothing! Why, who knows but there isn't any oil involved I would imagine?

Celebrities took those photos holding a sign with a hashtag didn't they? That was pretty crucial.

 

[roydo]

You still miss the point. The children of today know all about other religions. The issue is how to stop Islamic children being radicalised and becoming terrorists........

Janet and John books would help.

Soz for younger viewers, who will not have a clue what Pete and I grew up reading. Probably.

 

[bazzer25]

Why should we ?. If we intervene we get abused, we get 'Colonialism' thrown at us. But guess what, very few people alive today had anything to do with Colonialism. So if we intervene it's our fault, and if we don't it's our fault.....

Yep kind of the trap you fall in today. Totally agree.

 

[Billy Dean]

Exactly. Shia mosques and parades, Sufi shrines, various Eastern Christian domination Churches and communities, even moderate Sunni gatherings have all been blown up or attacked by the same sort of person as who did this. Western intervention has made it worse, and they probably wouldn't be as savage as they have been, but it is something that has existed for centuries.

There were no major Islamic terror attacks on western soil before the Americans started funding the mujahedin during the soviet Afghan war.

 

[roydo]

There were no major Islamic terror attacks on western soil before the Americans started funding the mujahedin during the soviet Afghan war.

So why do this lot blow up ancient architecture in Islamic countries? Why do they randomly kill in Turkey, in Nigeria, in Tunisia?

 

[bazzer25]

There were no major Islamic terror attacks on western soil before the Americans started funding the mujahedin during the soviet Afghan war.

But innocent people were being slaughtered, I take it by that you mean we should just let it happen?

 

[bazzer25]

So why do this lot blow up ancient architecture in Islamic countries? Why do they randomly kill in Turkey, in Nigeria, in Tunisia?

Because even within Islam differing factions hate each other. Iran for example hates the Saudis and vice versa, they want each other gone.

 

[Mr. White]

I haven't blamed an entire religion for anything? What I mean is only muslims can defeat islamists terror. Only the immams and co can defeat it.

I'd imagine 90% of muslims are appalled by the butchers doing this just like 90% of christians would have been in the past. That 90% have to be the ones to tackle this issue. Any immams suspected of promoting extreme values should be grassed on and kicked out....

But they won't be

Only 90% should be appalled? That's still not high enough!!!!!!

"In a series of questions on the terror threat in Britain, 4% said they sympathised with people who took part in suicide bombings (1% said they completely sympathised and 3% said they sympathised to some extent)" 4% might seem small but it's the equivalent to 100,000 UK Muslims.

Other concerning opinions from this recent-ish survey, .....not just terror related but other area's of incompatibility / lack of integration into the UK.

"52% said they disagreed".... with the legalisation of homosexuality. "Nearly a quarter (23%) supported the introduction of sharia law in some areas of Britain, and 39% agreed that “wives should always obey their husbands”, compared with 5% of the country as a whole. Two-thirds (66%) said they completely condemned people who took part in stoning adulterers, and a further 13% condemned them to some extent. Nearly a third (31%) thought it was acceptable for a British Muslim man to have more than one wife, compared with 8% of the wider population."

Source: ICM Poll publish by The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...se-of-belonging-poll-homosexuality-sharia-law

 

[Billy Dean]

So why do this lot blow up ancient architecture in Islamic countries? Why do they randomly kill in Turkey, in Nigeria, in Tunisia?

not qualified to answer that really. As far as I know in turkey it's the PKK who are not an Islamist group. And in Tunisia it was western tourists targeted

But innocent people were being slaughtered, I take it by that you mean we should just let it happen?

How do you mean?