SSS>>> I cannot understand the thought processes of these people,<<<
Well, at the core, their thought processes start with "I" and end with "slam."
An article in the Star Tribune about Minnesota's role as ground zero in terrorist recruitment.
http://www.startribune.com/local/minnea ... 00041.html
Per the article, tweets from Douglas McCain
>>>Ya Allah when it’s my time to go have mercy on my soul have mercy on my bros,” he wrote. In another tweet, he shared an image celebrating martyrdom with this caption: “Shuhada [martyrdom] in Jannah [paradise] with there [sic] souls in green birds. flying.”<<<
Pull quote from the article.
>>>Today, the call to western youth to come fight in Syria and Iraq is based on religious duty; they’re told they must come help establish an Islamic caliphate governed by a radical interpretation of Islamic law.
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Fundamentally, as a nation we have abandoned the "Melting Pot" method of assimilating immigrants that served us very well throughout our history. From the day they are born (or arrive as small children) these second-generation Somali-Americans are told how much America sucks for them by TPTB. We have given them no fundamental reason to choose us over radical Islam.
Throw in huge numbers of fatherless children in the African American community growing up in a moral vacuum-and the strong horse of radical Islam starts to exert a powerful pull.
On one hand-a cultural and moral vacuum and on the other the strong horse of radical Islam. It is perfectly obvious why some choose radical Islam. If you read your Steyn (America Alone, and After America) you would understand their thought processes better and why this choice will be made by more and more as time goes on.