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Yorktown

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27. Demographics + cultist religion = Armageddon
Thu Feb 12, 2015, 04:23 AM
Feb 2015

There are 1.6 Bn muslims. 60% below 30 years old. That's millions of young guys.

Millions of young guys with a literalist ideology + high unemployment at home.

While petro-monachies pump fresh cash to finance the 'romance' of jihad.

Why should anyone be surprised such 'romance' can recruit so many?

Cannon fodder, not fighters, even if the numbers are believed. These "fighters" better bring cash. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #1
Yup. cwydro Feb 2015 #2
ISIS actually pays a fairly decent monthly wage JonLP24 Feb 2015 #12
They are all from the land of "I am a loser and want something something". Loser cannon fodder. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #13
I'm not too familiar with Tunisia JonLP24 Feb 2015 #14
Sure, riches with the terrorists....they were not 'fighters before and not magically 'fighters' later...propaganda. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #15
Not riches, just an economic opportunity JonLP24 Feb 2015 #16
ISIL lies. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #17
With the exception of the individual claiming he is from Tunisia JonLP24 Feb 2015 #18
Yeah, but their dental plan sucks. Glassunion Feb 2015 #22
But do they have IsisCare? n/t benz380 Feb 2015 #40
I'd like to see those 150 Americans come back... Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #3
If they have the guts to travel across the world to fight mwrguy Feb 2015 #28
I'd prefer greytdemocrat Feb 2015 #47
There's apparently a lot of young men in this world with nothing better to do. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #4
Grumpy, you believe this crap? Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #7
Got me. Depends on how motivated they are, I suppose. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #21
Mercenaries, basically. joshcryer Feb 2015 #23
It's a sick kind of jobs program. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #24
I was surprised by the westerners joining, really. joshcryer Feb 2015 #25
I stumbled onto a pro-Caliphate group on FB CJCRANE Feb 2015 #43
It belies belief, though. joshcryer Feb 2015 #45
It's a tiny fraction of 1%. It's less than than the percentage of psychopaths in society. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #50
Not really baffling leftynyc Feb 2015 #46
Not to the tune of thousands. joshcryer Feb 2015 #48
Disagree leftynyc Feb 2015 #49
I'm not sure it's statistically significant (see my post above). I also think there may be some NLP CJCRANE Feb 2015 #51
defections from al-Qaeda right at the start of the deployments bigtree Feb 2015 #5
And we all know the Associated Press operates with the utmost journalistic integrity. Avalux Feb 2015 #6
Exactly.... Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #8
I think if you try to fly to Syria you may get flagged in some database snooper2 Feb 2015 #9
Its just a MIC scare tactic. Rhinodawg Feb 2015 #10
if you believe the administration bigtree Feb 2015 #11
The OP is using reverse psychology. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #26
I actually thought Avalux made that post bigtree Feb 2015 #30
+100000 Ramses Feb 2015 #33
So what is your top source for unbiased news? OnlinePoker Feb 2015 #20
Lots of target practice for drones I guess GummyBearz Feb 2015 #19
Demographics + cultist religion = Armageddon Yorktown Feb 2015 #27
"Be all that you can be." mwrguy Feb 2015 #29
That's 0.00125% CJCRANE Feb 2015 #31
Closer to 1% Yorktown Feb 2015 #32
Demographics are informative and factual. nilesobek Feb 2015 #34
Demographics are informative and factual. Yorktown Feb 2015 #35
The stuff writes itself and is stranger than fiction. nilesobek Feb 2015 #52
1% of the world population are psychopaths. Give anyone a few billion dollars CJCRANE Feb 2015 #36
Not true. You don't have 7% extremists + 43% supporters in the West. Yorktown Feb 2015 #37
There has been a 500% increase in terrorism in this century. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #38
Are you forgetting why the Marines sing about the shores of Tripoli? Yorktown Feb 2015 #39
You're conflating various things and times and seem to have forgotten the 20th century. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #41
Good luck with that Yorktown Feb 2015 #42
How and why would they fly to Iraq? That doesn't make logical sense. CJCRANE Feb 2015 #44
Logic? LOGIC? randome Feb 2015 #53
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