"Evan Brennan" wrote in message
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"Emmanuel Gustin" wrote in message
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"Evan Brennan" wrote in message
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Terrorism is a local phenomenon only if all the funding, weapons,
training, personnel and other forms of support are "centralized
locally". A modern terrorist group cannot hope to survive if it's
structured like an octopus. That model is vulnerable and obsolete.

That model has never been obsolete, precisely because it
is the least vulnerable model.


You've got it backwards. That model is not used by global terrorist
groups because it is obsolete. Al Qaeda has no centralized system
of supply and support. They rely on multiple sources.

Hence the octopus analogy.

Groups like al Quaeda are not big monolithic corporations;

Exactly. But that statement conflicts with your previous one.

Tip: always *read* the post you're replying to. I know it wastes time you
could be spending on building Airfix models, but you may avoid looking like
a t**t.


the credibility of the USA has now sunk so low

Compared to who...France and Germany? : )

Yes, and Russia, the UN, and even the UK...

The UK government may have been making the same errors as
the US government, by British institutions are still widely
regarded as robust and independent, and quite capable
of making politicians who misbehave pay the price for it.

(snip low-grade troll-fodder)

John