
So according to this, the whole “ISIS is acting up because they’re poor and need jobs wahhhhh” idea is ridiculously moronic.
Conservatives, led by common sense, already knew this. However, for those who need further evidence, check this out. A 2004 Harvard Study found that terrorist risks are not significantly higher in poor countries. A more recent study produced similar results noting, “Pakistani’s urban poor are more exposed to the negative externalities of militant violence and may in fact be less supportive of the groups…poor Pakistanis dislike militants more than middle-class citizens.”
Whatsoever could be triggering this brutish behavior? It’s not jobs, and Obama already told us it’s DEFINITELY not the Islamic religion. I guess the search will continue.