Quote:I'm sure there is a lot of blame to go around.  There is a really good documentary that does a good job of touching on the cultural differences and the effect of the long term war in Iraq http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/losing-iraq/.  

thanks for the link, bookmarked it and will watch it in the next day or two. I guess what I was getting at was that while I can talk about historical issues, even though somebody like Bin Laden or the ideological leaders of ISIS might think in such terms, it just doesn't resonate as much with me as a likely motivator for the rank and file. Oh, well, will table that for now.

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