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Speaker 1: as well. Now, this episode, the focus is going to
Speaker 1: be on terrorism. Why Well, this whole thing was prompted
Speaker 1: by a discussion back and forth I had on x
Speaker 1: and where people were literally blaming the US for terrorism
Speaker 1: in the Middle East. The narrative the talking points these
Speaker 1: days is that the US is responsible for all extreme
Speaker 1: Islamist terrorist organizations. If it wasn't for the US involvement
Speaker 1: in Afghanistan, for example, in two thousand and one, when
Speaker 1: the US declared war against terrorism, or the invasion of
Speaker 1: Iraq or the war of I Rock. However, you want
Speaker 1: to look at that, that these groups wouldn't exist, that
Speaker 1: we wouldn't have terrorism. It's all because of the United
Speaker 1: States of America that these terrorist organizations reared their ugly
Speaker 1: head and are now waging terror across the planet. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm here to call bullshit on that. I'm going to
Speaker 1: go ahead and do my best. As these are supposed
Speaker 1: to be fifteen minutes or less, I'm going to do
Speaker 1: my best to condense the information that I found. I'm
Speaker 1: going to deliver the facts and data. Now. I'm not
Speaker 1: going to go as deep as I'd like to, and
Speaker 1: probably not as deep as you may want to, But
Speaker 1: I think we're going to do a good job in
Speaker 1: explaining the situation and the history of terrorism in the
Speaker 1: Middle East. I had to write this out, so from
Speaker 1: here on it may look like I'm reading from a
Speaker 1: teleprompter or something I pretty much am or reading my
Speaker 1: computer screen. I wanted to make sure that I got
Speaker 1: my points how I wanted them. I didn't leave anything out,
Speaker 1: I didn't overdo it, but I still got enough data
Speaker 1: and enough facts across to support what it is that
Speaker 1: I'm going to say. So here we are terrorism in
Speaker 1: the Middle East. Let's go through the history. Now, the
Speaker 1: first known Islamic group to have members labeled as terrorists
Speaker 1: were the Hottajeat or courage Eat. So there isn't really
Speaker 1: an English pronunciation for the group, so I'm really going
Speaker 1: to say karaje Eat. So the Carajeats were the original
Speaker 1: group that had members that became extreme Islamist terrorists. Okay,
Speaker 1: their views are that of a strict interpretation of the Quran.
Speaker 1: They believed in opposing any leader or caliph and that
Speaker 1: was deemed to be a sinner and did not abide
Speaker 1: by strict Islamic or Sharia law. The extremists Carageites or
Speaker 1: Karajeats terrorized and waged war against other Muslims. Now when
Speaker 1: was all this? Now that is the question, and this
Speaker 1: is where it's interesting. You see this extreme form of
Speaker 1: Islamic terrorism, This started in the period between six fifty
Speaker 1: six CE through twelve fifty eight CE twelve fifty eight
Speaker 1: SE and so well before the US was ever or
Speaker 1: even a blip on the radar, well before the US
Speaker 1: era became a nation, the United States of America never
Speaker 1: even was a thought at that point. Islamic terrorism. Let
Speaker 1: me correct that as well. Extreme Islamist terrorism has been
Speaker 1: around for a long time. They didn't pledge death to
Speaker 1: the West because the West wasn't an issue, but rather
Speaker 1: persecution and death to those that weren't extreme enough. Except
Speaker 1: now they turned their attention to not only their fellow
Speaker 1: Muslims but also against Western civilization. So terrorism based on
Speaker 1: an extremist view of Islam has been practiced by various
Speaker 1: groups in the least for around thirteen hundred years. For those
Speaker 1: to say that the USA is to blame for the
Speaker 1: terrorist organizations such as ISIS and al Qaeda and the
Speaker 1: Taliban is just simply false period. It's false, and it's
Speaker 1: just a propaganist message used to divide the West and
Speaker 1: recruit more members to join these militant jihadist groups. So
Speaker 1: Islamic terrorism was waged against other Muslims and people of
Speaker 1: the Middle East, well before, as I stated earlier, the
Speaker 1: United States of America ever came into existence. Yet this
Speaker 1: is important to note that one of the first wars
Speaker 1: ever fought by the USA outside of its own land
Speaker 1: was against the Muslim Barbary Pirates, and that was between
Speaker 1: eighteen oh one and eighteen oh five, and then again
Speaker 1: in eighteen fifteen and eighteen sixteen. Those wars, however, they
Speaker 1: were not religious wars, but they were that of extortion
Speaker 1: and economic gain through the capture and ransoming of US
Speaker 1: ships and crew. So this is during the time where
Speaker 1: the United States was entering into the global economy through trade,
Speaker 1: through merchant missions and trips to where there were trading
Speaker 1: goods our own as well as purchasing, and the Barbary
Speaker 1: Pirates at that time were capturing United States ships, they
Speaker 1: were taking crewis hostages, and they were holding for ransom.
Speaker 1: So this was the first war against anybody that would
Speaker 1: be deemed Muslim or had an Islamist view outside of America.
Speaker 1: But again, at that time, the focus of the Barbary
Speaker 1: Pirates was not a religious one. It wasn't a religious
Speaker 1: war whatsoever. It was literally piracy. Now there are some
Speaker 1: that believe modern day terrorist organizations are the result of
Speaker 1: US involvement and funding of terrorist organizations in Afghanistan. So
Speaker 1: people believe that's where it all started. Our involvement in
Speaker 1: Afghanistan paved the way for extreme is longist terrorist organizations.
Speaker 1: While this view has become popular by those with an
Speaker 1: anti American point of view, this belief is false and
Speaker 1: nothing more than propaganda. So let's unpack what happened in
Speaker 1: Afghanistan and why the US got involved. It all started
Speaker 1: with the Russian or really the former USSR Soviet Union.
Speaker 1: You see, there was a time when Afghanistan was going
Speaker 1: down a path that veered away from its Islamic roots
Speaker 1: as a means of governance. Attempts at secular reform in
Speaker 1: Afghanistan started in the nineteen twenties under King Amanula. I
Speaker 1: think I pronounced that correct. Let me say it again, A'manula.
Speaker 1: I believe that's right. So for many years Afghanistan was
Speaker 1: under the rule of monarchy until it became Now get
Speaker 1: this important factor. They became a communist nation in nineteen
Speaker 1: seventy eight with heavy Soviet backing. That's right. You see,
Speaker 1: before nineteen seventy eight, they were neither communists nor were
Speaker 1: they in an Islamis state. Afghanistan was ruled by a monarchy.
Speaker 1: They were nationalists, but they were not in an Islamic state,
Speaker 1: so interestingly enough, they became a communist nation. They were
Speaker 1: even viewed as a satellite nation of the Soviet Union
Speaker 1: at the time. So this is where the US gets involved.
Speaker 1: And before I get to that point, I also want
Speaker 1: to I also want to point out that the Soviet
Speaker 1: Union actually invaded Afghanistan to fight off rebels and keep
Speaker 1: the communist government of Afghanistan power. The Soviet occupation actually
Speaker 1: made an effect from nineteen seventy eight to nineteen eighty
Speaker 1: nine in Afghanistan remade a communist nation until nineteen ninety two.
Speaker 1: During this period is when modern extreme Islamic groups began
Speaker 1: to emerge, or rather really re emerge. Now this is
Speaker 1: also the period in time where the US gets involved
Speaker 1: with Afghanistan right around this time here, but they did
Speaker 1: so by supporting Afghan rebels and fighting against the Russian
Speaker 1: occupation and to overthrow the then communist government of Afghanistan.
Speaker 1: So the question remains, is the US responsible for modern
Speaker 1: day Islamic terrorist groups? Answers still know, No, they're not.
Speaker 1: The US did, however, arm in fund Afghan rebels, and
Speaker 1: some of the money and weapons did make their way
Speaker 1: into the hands of extreme Islamist terrorists, but it was
Speaker 1: not directly done so by the US. You see, at
Speaker 1: the time, it's important to note that the US really
Speaker 1: didn't understand the landscape. They didn't know all the relationships,
Speaker 1: they didn't understand the culture or the religious phase. So
Speaker 1: they got Pakistan involved to help broker this or manage
Speaker 1: what was going on. And unfortunately, at the time Pakistan,
Speaker 1: while they were helping to basically divvy up or spread
Speaker 1: the aid around that the US was providing in terms
Speaker 1: of money and weaponry, they did tend to favor certain
Speaker 1: groups that had Jihattist ties. And so that's how some
Speaker 1: of this money and weaponry did get to some of
Speaker 1: these terrorist organizations. It wasn't through the US directly working
Speaker 1: with them or directly funding them. It was due to
Speaker 1: Pakistan's involvement at the time and being the liaison between
Speaker 1: the US and these Afghani rebels. Now, before I move on,
Speaker 1: I also want to point out that the not the emergent,
Speaker 1: let's say, the re emergence of extreme Islamic groups started
Speaker 1: in the late nineteen sixties. So the truth is that
Speaker 1: extreme Islamis terrorists existed in the Middle East in one
Speaker 1: form or another for over thirteen hundred years, right over
Speaker 1: thirteen hundred years, and most of the terror was aimed
Speaker 1: at other Muslims in an effort to subjugate and control
Speaker 1: the Arab world. It wasn't until the US War on
Speaker 1: Terror was declared in two thousand and one that groups
Speaker 1: like Al Kada and Isis made it a part of
Speaker 1: their mission to destroy America and the West. Although the
Speaker 1: US War on Terror was a direct retalitory action to
Speaker 1: the terror attacks by Al Kada on US soil on
Speaker 1: September eleventh, two thousand and one. So did the US
Speaker 1: create terrorist organizations in the released Now? Although many rebels
Speaker 1: supported by the US did splinter off to form terrorist organizations,
Speaker 1: they weren't the reason these terrorist organizations came to be
Speaker 1: or even existed. They've already been there, they were already
Speaker 1: re emerging in the sixties. In fact, they never really
Speaker 1: truly died out. They just didn't have any power. So
Speaker 1: the other question, did the US fund terrorist organizations? Again? No,
Speaker 1: although although under the Obama administration, four hundred million was
Speaker 1: given to Iran as part of a one point seven
Speaker 1: billion dollar settlement which ended up in Iran releasing US hostages.
Speaker 1: The use of terrorism as a tool to gain power
Speaker 1: and control has been used in the Middle East, as
Speaker 1: I said, for over thirteen hundred years and well before
Speaker 1: the founding of the United States of America. These terrorist
Speaker 1: groups use an extremist view of Islam to mold impressionable
Speaker 1: minds and gain recruits to fight in their jahadiest wars.
Speaker 1: The US is not infallible, but the US is not
Speaker 1: the reason extreme Islamist terrorist groups exists. They were already here.