[lbo-talk] This is WAR, sons!

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Wed Jul 7 20:22:05 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "R" <rhisiart at charter.net>


> 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.

Quite right.


> 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.

No, they're not. But I think there's a distinction between local jihad (I'd imagine most Iraqi insurgents would put their guns down as soon as the US left) and global jihad.

-- Luke



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