Assessing Al-Qaeda (merged thread)

[J Wolfsberger]

I'd hope that the above is useful for educational, not argumentative, purposes.

It is.

However, both AG and MB seek dramatic ("revolution arty") change in the Moslem world. Specifically, a return to a pure, Islamic form of ordering society, ala Qutb and Salafism. In revolutionary theory, there is usually an open, political, "peaceful" organization, in this case MB, and a covert, "military," violent organization, in this case AQ. The two are almost always publicly disapproving of each other for disinformation purposes.

Similar to your comments, mine are for discussion, not argumentative, purposes.