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The Happy Warrior
Joined: 10 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 11:50 pm Post subject: Blowback against Norway |
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Why does Al-Qaeda have a problem with Norway?
Yes, Norway has troops in Afghanistan. But that's probably not why.
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Most of its soldiers are in the northern cities of Meymaneh and Mazar-e-Sharif, a relatively quiet part of the country. And its contingent of 500 personnel is only the 18th largest in the ISAF coalition. Several countries with a bigger troop presence, such as Bulgaria (525), Georgia (925), or Romania (1,140) have so far not been targeted by al-Qaeda. Besides, why attack Norway now, almost a decade after its entry into Afghanistan? |
My answer: Just because a military-industrial complex has religious/ideological origins instead of national origins, and deals in units of millions rather than billions of dollars, doesn't make it behave any less like a military-industrial complex. Hence, the fight must go on. |
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Jeonmunka
Joined: 05 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:22 am Post subject: |
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Leon
Joined: 31 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| If they can hate Norway, they can hate anyone. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Leon wrote: |
| If they can hate Norway, they can hate anyone. |
Maybe al-Qaeda has gone green and doesn't like that Norway, along with Japan, continues to hunt endangered whales. If Japan has troops in Afghanistan, perhaps they ought to start worrying.  |
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