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Originally Posted by James

I think with the likes of Chomsky and Corbyn they believe, or want to believe, that the West, and America in particular, is the cause of all evil in the world, when it really isn't.

Really for people like Chomsky etc. it is all a tool for changing the politics of their own countries.

It's quite easy for them to turn a blind eye to a lot of bad stuff going on in parts of the world because events which don't have a western angle to them, are judged to be uninteresting to people here, and are largely under-reported.

IS came to our attention so much, and became impossible to ignore because of the terrible western hostage videos they put out.

I don't think they're blaming ALL evil in the world on the west at all, but even if they were, is insisting that th west is squeaky-clean and has had no hand in it any better?

The US (and the UK too, hand in hand) have been making political and military decisions in the middle east for over half a century, that have directly lead to the rise of terrorism and groups like ISIS. Not only have we carried out devastating campaigns (in the supposed name of democracy, but that is a straight up lie) that have destroyed lives and families and motivated broken people to turn to hatred... But in less abstract terms - we (along with Russia) literally armed them and militarised them in the first place.

Anyone who wishes to deny that has to completely ignore the facts and the history. It's not "a theory" - it's what happened.

And now people beat about there being no point in words, no point trying to find a peaceful solution, that we must "crush" them and bomb them into oblivion. A scattered, stateless entity that relies only on finding broken civilians for recruitment . But it's not even just that it's obvious that it simply won't work. Like I said above - we tried it! Are people's memories really so short? It has been done before. Before you ever heard the word ISIS. And what rose from the ashes? ISIS. Scaring people more than ever.

But here we are again, with people screeching "Yaaarrr bomb dem. If we bomb dem all derr will be none left and then we are all be safe."

NOPE. In a couple of years you'll simply be quivering at the news that SUPER-ISIS has risen and is more dangerous and bloodthirsty than ever.

The really insane part is that some people STILL won't get it.