From: Adam 

Tony Williams wrote:

> Phil Payne wrote:
>
>>>> Ok, so they really are just religious nutters. Thought so.
>>>
>>>
>>> Or rather, I'm now persuaded that this is the core of what they're
>>> about. It neatly explains why they aren't more forthcoming with a list
>>> of grievances and have made no serious attempts to gain sympathy for
>>> their cause.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sympathy among which audience?
>
>
> The civilian populations of western democracies. Win them over and
> there's at least a chance the governments will change whatever policies
> are annoying AQ.
>

First consolidate your base.

>> The fact that you have absolutely no idea
>
>
> Please, less of the "you". I'm an English civilian, not the
US government.
>
>> where Bin Laden is after for and a half years of the most expensive
>> manhunt
>> ever suggests to me that he enjoys great sympathy in that part of the
>> world.
>
>
> All well and good. So what's the point of attacking the other side of
> the world then? Is it really just a way to drum up local support?
>


Nope. It is to strike at the great Satan. They believe they destroyed the
other great Satan (the USSR).

It's a bit like asking the US "what's the point of attacking the other
side of  the world then?"

Adam

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