[lbo-talk] This is WAR, sons!

[R]

there's no doubt many members of the "average jihad" are middle class.  the
middle class, particularly the middle class intelligentsia, has a history in
all societies of being among the biggest trouble makers.

i don't think all the studies are in, luke.  there are a lot of working
class "recruits" coming into groups like al-qaeda, and other groups people
in our society know nothing about.  one can hardly call the followers of
al-sadr middle class, for instance.  i suggest we hold off on deciding just
what the average jihadi is for awhile.  we've got a lot to learn about these
folk and their society.

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luke Weiger" <lweiger at umich.edu>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] This is WAR, sons!


: ----- Original Message ----- 
: From: "Dwayne Monroe" <idoru345 at yahoo.com>
:
: >  He believed this because there surely couldn't be anything the US had
: done that might
: > inspire desperate men to commit such a spectacularly
: > desperate crime.
:
: I believe at least a couple studies have shown that the average jihadi is
: well-educated and a member of the middle class.  Desperation has nothing
to
: do with the crimes they commit.
:
: -- Luke
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