03-24-2016, 10:50 PM
I'm not an expert sal, and I don't know what the specific experts cited are thinking.
What they're saying is that we should be aggressive in catching the terrorists before they strike, or killing/capturing active terrorists when we're up against them.
But, threatening to torture or kill suspects and their families, or enacting policies that target all Muslims, feeds into the recruiters' message -- namely that Westerners/non-Muslims have killed Muslims without cause and want to keep doing it. When you have a country's leaders advocating policies which target all Muslims and includes breaking international laws and treaties, it validates that message and attracts people to the cause (not all of whom were fucking nuts before they became radicalized, that we know).
That's my understanding of what I've read anyway.
What they're saying is that we should be aggressive in catching the terrorists before they strike, or killing/capturing active terrorists when we're up against them.
But, threatening to torture or kill suspects and their families, or enacting policies that target all Muslims, feeds into the recruiters' message -- namely that Westerners/non-Muslims have killed Muslims without cause and want to keep doing it. When you have a country's leaders advocating policies which target all Muslims and includes breaking international laws and treaties, it validates that message and attracts people to the cause (not all of whom were fucking nuts before they became radicalized, that we know).
That's my understanding of what I've read anyway.