WelshBluebird
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I think the complex thing is that we don't really know or understand what the "Islamic"* extremists want or are hoping to achieve. When the IRA bombed London, we knew what they wanted. When independence fighters from Algeria bombed Paris, or from Indonesia attacked trains in Holland, we knew what they wanted.
This is different. There is no manifesto or action they seem to desire. Some say that ISIS want to lure the Western Powers into a final 'end of days' war in the Middle East by riling them up into Total War. Others that they want to scare Western nations into stopping attacks on ISIS, or punish them for their attacks on the "caliphate" in the Levant.
* I hate to call these people Islamic, because they do not represent the real faith worshipped peacefully and respectfully by millions worldwide. They are no more representatives of Islam than the KKK are of Christianity.
We certainly do know on of the things they want, and in general this country continues to play right into their hands. They want us to turn against Muslims who live in this county, they want the racism / xenophobia to take hold, they essentially want us to do the job of alienating moderate Muslims and pushing them to the extremists.