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COMMENTS:
Voted : No, there must be some other factor in play here. ..
It seems he was very wealthy and well educated, even by western standards. So I don't think that was the root cause of his depserate struggle against the west.
They did mention something about his schooling, where was that?
Ah, here it is: "However, during the 1960s, King Faisal had welcomed exiled teachers from Syria, Egypt, and Jordan, so that around 1971 or 1972, at Saudi high schools and universities, it was common to find many of whom had become involved with dissident members of the Muslim Brotherhood. During that time, bin Laden was exposed to those educators' banned political teachings during after-school Islamic study groups."
So in addition to his exceptional wealth and first class education he was also indoctrinated by radical muslim teachers who were kicked out of Syria for allahs-sake for being too extreme in their islamic faith.
This is a mystery.
Voted : No, there must be some other factor in play here. ..
actually, osama is worth about $200 million dollars. that was his share of the family fortune. he's loaded and so are they. so no. there are other factors at play. namely, osama sees himself as the next ruler of saudi arabia. he hates the current rulers and he believes that he can cause a revolution in much of the middle east and he hopes that will sweep him into power. he sees the west as propping up the current rulers of the middle east and he uses the west as this tool to focus the people's hatred on.
his goal is to cause revolution by saying we control all of the leaders of the middle east and like any good terrorist with a political agenda, he needs a target of hate and violence and that's where we come in.
how anyone does not see through to what his real goals are amazes me.
Voted : No, there must be some other factor in play here. ..
I think skoal stated it well. Kev too, in a serious way.
His father was filthy rich and so was he. He was educated. I dont see the sense of this ballot. He hates the west hates the Jews. He wants total control.
Kev24 I see it through it just like you.
"Terrorism is caused by poverty and ignorance, this is a well stated 'fact'"
is it? I've never heard it attibuted solely to those two factors before.
it's his indoctrination, but at the very least, there are some Muslim fanatics who have turned away from their indoctrination
by aya on Tue Nov 21, 06 8:10am
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^but his indoctrination was probably exacerbated by Western foriegn policies maybe.
by aya on Tue Nov 21, 06 8:10am
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hurricane: The "sense" of this ballot is to disprove the notion many have been putting forth that terrorism is caused by poverty and ignorance, and a little money from the US is all that is needed to put an end to islamic terrorism forever.
I think there are plenty of examples to the contrary to dispel this notion.
Voted : No, there must be some other factor in play here. ..
Oh, let me think. It's right on the tip of my pre-frontal lobe...
Ah, yes! He's frelling *eeeeviiiil*!
Voted : No, there must be some other factor in play here. ..
Money and education were not a problem for him.
It is political Islamism that causes his terrorism. Herzog mentioned that his teachers were from the 'Muslim Brotherhood'. This group mixes the Islamic religion with radical political goals. They have politicised Islam to fit their political agendas. Political Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood are quite problematic.
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