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Maybe because you have a very poor argument?
You argued few pages ago that:
You - Iran, Iraq, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc.
Me - ....And how any of these have to do with the rise of Salafi/Wahhabi movements, for instance?
You -"They have to do with our imperialist foreign policy. That include the rise of Wahhabism in the first place via our "great ally" Saudi Arabia."
Yes, you see the key operator term "INCLUDES" meaning that I mentioned it specifically in the context of our greater imperialist foreign policy. You somehow confused Saudi Arabia's very different reasons with Iraq and Afghanistan. What you did not pick up for some reason however, is that all are the result of American intervention.
or from the post above me:
I wonder what else gives fuel to that fire we call radical Islam. Could it be that the west has been ransacking and destroying the Muslim world for the last 50 years, overthrowing governments and propping up dictators as we did in South America, SouthEast Asia, and everywhere else in the world?*
Again, Saudi Arabia was supported by the US and unfortunately still is, but it began to radicalize from within in mid 20th century before wars, interventions, etc by US.
Hence, the cause for radicalization isn't US foreign/intervention policy - at least not the original one, and again...though, I don't like the house of Saud there are more radical movements inside Saudi Arabia.
So...wanna try and come up with another theory to explain the rise of Wahhabi/Salafi movements?
Fallen.
There is the key word, once again! The reason it has become such a large, international movement and the main export besides oil, is because we have propped up that regime for decades. Saddam could have easily crushed Saudi Arabia, or at least embroiled them both in a long drawn out insurgency. We should never have gotten involved, and our interventions continue to bring misery to our country.
I'm tired of politicians rolling the dice with our kids futures, and sheep like you cheering them on the whole time. Every time they try to play God and "help fix" the Middle East they end up creating disasters and blowback. Just stop ****ing around and stirring the hornets nest already.