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Originally Posted by Zhukov
As far as state support goes, I think you will find, The Leader, that there is almost always some form of government activity going on behind the scenes. It may not be as direct as your cookie cutter view of the world hopes it to be, but it's still there. For instance, the previous New Zealand government (before the right wing conservatives came to power) sent a lot of humanitarian aid to the Tasmanian government in exile for things such as food and shelter. While it wasn't guns and ammunition, it meant that less money had to be spent on food, and more could be spent on bombs etc.
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If that's any kind of sponsorship, it'd be passive sponsorship. Plus the New Zealand government wasn't actively supporting Tasmanian terrorist groups. They thought that they were just feeding some people, and you took advantage of that.
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
Somewhat relevant to the main topic.
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Kind of relevant, I guess. The tactics used weren't that unique so I don't know if you're suggesting that Russia is trying to tie everything to the Chechens, which they always do, or if you're saying that both groups were trained by the same people.
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
Lashkar-e-Taiba do not admit to the attacks. Very odd.
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Yup.
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Originally Posted by TheCoolinator
Type in Hamid Gul interview into YouTube and check out what he said regarding the Mumbai Attacks. He used to be Pakistani ISI.
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I couldn't find any subtitled videos of him.
Plus he is Pakistani so of course he's going to deny that a Pakistani based, armed and trained group carried out the attacks.
I'm not denying that state sponsored terrorism occurs, the only thing that I disagree with is that these groups represent the majority in modern terrorism. I don't think that college aged radicals who ate condensed soup and built bombs from household items were funded by any government, but I do think that the majority of terrorist groups operating during the cold war were sponsored by either the US or USSR, as evidenced by the rapid dissolution of groups across the board after the collapse of the Soviet government.
The majority of terrorist attacks that occur in the United States currently are carried out by anti-abortion groups. I don't think that any government is intentionally pumping funds into those nuts, and many of them act alone, taking pot shots at doctors and the like. I'm not completely disagreeing with what you write, especially in the cluster fuck of the Mumbai attacks, but looking at how most terrorist groups struggle for funds, I just don't see a big, all encompassing conspiracy.
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Originally Posted by Zhukov
The Leader, check out this youtube video, you might find it interesting.
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That proves nothing!