Brussels attacks (catch all)

[davidbfpo]

I expect the title rather gives it away:

Brussels Attacks: It isn’t about Molenbeek, it is about a Broken Belgian Government

It is a good, short explanation what has happened in a European capital city, long before the recent wave of migrants arrived:http://www.juancole.com/2016/03/brus...overnment.html

Vox offers a Q&A with ICSR's Peter Neumann. A taster:

According to Neumann, Belgium isn't just one of many European countries with a homegrown extremist problem; it's the country with the biggest such problem on the entire continent.

Link:http://www.vox.com/2016/3/23/1129017...lgium-jihadism

From John Schindler:http://observer.com/2016/03/europe-is-again-at-war/

[omarali50]

Scott Atran has a modest proposal

Excerpt:

...What does that even mean? It is one of those brilliant things that you can always say, and you will never be wrong because it is not happening, so the onus of failure is on the human race for not making it happen.

This actually applies to his famous suicide-bomber theories as well. They are just enough removed from the actual conflicts and counter-measures being taken or capable of being taken to make them pretty much useless. There is information in his research, but there are no actionable recommendations. Those have to come from someone else who can read that information and maintain just enough detachment to be able to say: "yes, this part seems true, and even though it is padded around with BS, I think I can come up with something actually useful here.

I am not that detached wise warrior saint. But there must be one out there. I hope