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Not 'this' at all. We don't know why they targeted him yet as we don't have all the facts. They could have been watching the barracks for some time trying to pick a victim.
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The answer was in my reply, why do i or anyone shoulder more responsibilities than others, to resolve the actions of people you have no connection to apart from a underlying "hobby" that you dont
necessarily play by the same rules.
When you sort out Bridger get back to me.
I find it highly unlikely that they ran over a random person, and then decided to brutally murder him upon learning he was a solider.
Just wait until they start targeting our children, lets see how much patience people have then.
Err, you are completely missing the point ...
You are happy to shoulder the responsibility for justifying attacks by radicalised Muslims ...
But you are not happy to shoulder the responsibility for preventing atrocity.
So they suspected he was a soldier and asked him if he was a soldier after hitting him, guess thier suspicion were right then?
Again that the kind of double standards and hypocritism i was talking about. We do it all the time in Afghanistan and its deemed heroic, Euro Fighter Typhoon vs man with an AK. Why not fight soldier to soldier? Drones killing un-armed men not in combatative situations = heroes.
A difference exists between understanding the causal factors which led to this incident & excusing/permitting the behaviour as justifiable.
An array of factors could have led to this event.
1. Extreme religious indoctrination (concept of Jihad being one element/martyrdom)
2. Our foreign policy abroad & the actions of the west in the middle east.
3. A lack of empathy.
4. Mental illness (which it's expression took the above as it's form).
The reasoning behind the target selection (which from the sounds of it wasn't done perfectly, but that could be due to incompetence or stupidity) does appear to be politically motivated (albeit careless & capable of killing people even they don't think should be involved) - not that it excuses it (for them, or when the west has killed people abroad for it's own 'reasons')
The lack of empathy & extremist ideology (coupled with the concept of martyrdom) would have in part at least some of the reason behind the chosen method (I would assume).
Just hating the west doesn't cause this behaviour, neither does disagreeing with our foreign policy abroad or strongly opposing our actions which result in civilian causalities globally.
I don't support our activity abroad, but neither do I support this kind of barbarism in response either - both are wrong, both result in the deaths of fellow human beings & both happen for a reason (not a good one either).
Let's not be as silly to write off behaviour as "evil" & close the book on the matter.
So they suspected he was a soldier and asked him if he was a soldier after hitting him, guess thier suspicion were right then?
Again that the kind of double standards and hypocritism i was talking about. We do it all the time in Afghanistan and its deemed heroic, Euro Fighter Typhoon vs man with an AK. Why not fight soldier to soldier? Drones killing un-armed men not in combatative situations = heroes.
Let's not be as silly to write off behaviour as "evil" & close the book on the matter.
I'm not justifying the attack. Get it through your skull.
The attacks were appalling, the worst sort of scum you can imagine.
Whatever nonsense they were hiding behind, I don't really know what they were trying to accomplish. If anything, it shows them for what they are. Thuggish cretins who needed to be put down.
You mean like the white people that randomly stab our children on buses in city centers? or White non mulsim kids that killed jamie bulger.
I'm sorry but our children have been victims of random acts of violence for many years.
Have you read the papers at all this year?
This is another random act of despicable violence. It's not supported by the Muslim community nobody but these two *******s plotted this attack.
Did I read somewhere that the victim was muslim himself or was from the same country as attackers? What's victims profile?
Pretty obvious to me that they were trying to make a political (not really religious) point.
The words 'sorry that women have to see this, but in our land the women have to see this too' seem to reflect that.
Was he not suggesting that this [murder] is what is happening in muslim countries, to muslims? and that it should be seen?
Why did they only attack the suspected soldier (yes could have been anyone but they must have took their time choosing the most likey to be a soldier.) Why did they not make a bigger scene by killing more people? Civvies etc?
A difference exists between understanding the causal factors which led to this incident & excusing/permitting the behaviour as justifiable.
An array of factors could have led to this event.
1. Extreme religious indoctrination (concept of Jihad being one element/martyrdom)
2. Our foreign policy abroad & the actions of the west in the middle east.
3. A lack of empathy.
4. Mental illness (which it's expression took the above as it's form).
The reasoning behind the target selection (which from the sounds of it wasn't done perfectly, but that could be due to incompetence or stupidity) does appear to be politically motivated (albeit careless & capable of killing people even they don't think should be involved) - not that it excuses it (for them, or when the west has killed people abroad for it's own 'reasons')
The lack of empathy & extremist ideology (coupled with the concept of martyrdom) would have in part at least some of the reason behind the chosen method (I would assume).
Just hating the west doesn't cause this behaviour, neither does disagreeing with our foreign policy abroad or strongly opposing our actions which result in civilian causalities globally.
I don't support our activity abroad, but neither do I support this kind of barbarism in response either - both are wrong, both result in the deaths of fellow human beings & both happen for a reason (not a good one either).
Let's not be as silly to write off behaviour as "evil" & close the book on the matter.
these men give their lives to serve us, protect us and now they have to be ashamed of that because we allow Islamic nutters roam our streets and steal our taxes!