tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7742879119843856939.post6972220069339170898..comments2024-03-12T18:35:38.601-05:00Comments on Not Dark Yet: Rumors of WarCharles Kinnairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651225996573989932noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7742879119843856939.post-42020476725354688342015-02-18T15:14:14.308-06:002015-02-18T15:14:14.308-06:00A friend shared this very informative article in T...A friend shared this very informative article in The Atlantic Monthly, “What ISIS Really Wants,” by Graeme Wood<br /><br />To quote the title page: “The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.”<br /><br />This is indeed an important article for us to begin to understand what is happening now in the Middle East.<br />Here is one notable observation by way of comparison:<br />"Fascism," Orwell continued, "is psychologically far sounder than any hedonistic conception of life … Whereas Socialism, and even capitalism in a more grudging way, have said to people “I offer you a good time,” Hitler has said to them, “I offer you struggle, danger, and death,” and as a result a whole nation flings itself at his feet … We ought not to underrate its emotional appeal."<br /><br />You can read Wood’s article at http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/?fb_ref=DefaultCharles Kinnairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651225996573989932noreply@blogger.com