Isis recruitment

[jambo101]

I cant believe there are enough people out there who buy the apparent isis recruitment parameters to make it the dominant force it is. in my opinion looks like you can kill any one,rape any one behead anyone,totally disrespect other nations sovereignty,I just dont understand how many in the region think thats a great life sign me up.. Did i miss something?

[Skidmore]

1. I don't understand the

Westerners who join. What do they think is to be gained by participating in the subjugation of so many?

[joshcryer]

3. There are enclaves in the UK and other countries where "westernization" is minimal.

They live within their own culture and are not completely acclimated to western culture. In the UK there are literally Imams who call for Jihad and people following them. They don't do it, of course, because the UK would crack down, but say 0.02% (zero two percent) takes it seriously, they will go overseas and find true Jihad. It's estimated 500+ UKers are involved. That sounds about right given the UK's Muslim population. Insignificant in reality, but it adds up.

[joshcryer]

2. They evoke a tribal instinct, deeply rooted in the human psyche.

The biggest example is mob behavior. Take some football rioters, hand them guns, truck, ammunition, and a promise of a grand nation, you might have a similar outcome. They see blood and death regularly, they basically have lost all semblance of humanity.

I think the best analog are Africa's child soldiers. Taken by brutal beasts, trained up from the start to be themselves brutal, and then they go on to perpetuate the absolute madness.

It's the western weapons that make them even remotely powerful, though. Give them sticks and stones and they'd just be madmen. The western weapons (and Russia's weapons) are what drives them and gives them some success.

[CJCRANE]

4. Social media has made it much easier to connect people.

They can recruit people from all over the world.

[oberliner]

5. Brings meaning to a person's life?

They feel like it brings them closer to God?

[jambo101]

6. I'm not religious.

but i would imagine the basis for a religion would be some respect for the sanctity of human life.

[fadedrose]

7. I missed a lot

I just looked up to see who's with ISIS and there are two websites (of many) and one says Assad has nothing to do with them and is bombing them, and another says he is with them. Also read that Saudi Arabia is funding them.
Also saw an article saying that the soldiers/men of Iraq, now unemployed because of US war, started ISIS.

I asked questions in another thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5418828