> 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