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Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say

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623 points franzb | 5 comments | 14 Nov 15 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.632s | source
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zxcvcxz ◴[14 Nov 15 00:58 UTC] No.10563707[source]▶
I've seen a lot of HNers suggesting that we must over react and ramp up the war on terrorism. I'm all for cutting off immigration, but how will ramping up the wars do us any good? I don't see how another ten years "fixing" things is going to work.
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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[14 Nov 15 01:04 UTC] No.10563752[source]▶
It won't; a lot of people are radicalising just because of the 'war on terror'. As I said in another comment, what would you do if your family was bombed in a drone strike?
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2. gedy ◴[14 Nov 15 01:23 UTC] No.10563854[source]▶
ISIS has a very fundamentalist view of the end of the world from their reading of the Koran, and are trying to hasten the "final battle". This belief was not "caused" by the war on terror or frustration with the west, though it does align with what they expect to happen.
3. DGAP ◴[14 Nov 15 01:30 UTC] No.10563883[source]▶
Wow, you literally side with the terrorists over the victims. Illuminating.
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4. ceejayoz ◴[14 Nov 15 01:44 UTC] No.10563941[source]▶
I think the point is that drone strikes that kill innocent victims can be a source of radicalization. Ignoring that aspect of our foreign policy would be idiocy.
5. chroma ◴[14 Nov 15 03:16 UTC] No.10564268[source]▶
Even if I was a homicidal maniac, I doubt I'd mass-murder French civilians.

That's what confuses me the most about these attacks. Many people have legitimate grievances against NATO forces, but how does that lead to shooting random Parisians? It's so wasteful and counterproductive.