"Jay Honeck" wrote:
I doubt the perpetrators of the explosions in Madrid
give a damn what the Spaniards think of them. Do
you think they expected their actions to endear them?

If not to rally men to their cause, for what purpose then?

Ultimately, this is about who is in control.
Without the masses, the terrorists lose.

Exactly, but the masses they care about are Muslims. Attacks against
Western countries are carried out for their propaganda effect in the
Islamic world.

The terrorists are cultivating their hero image among their constituency
to broaden their political base; they couldn't care less what the
infidels think, as long as they are afraid.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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