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user-inactivated  ·  3549 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Twin archaelogical crimes of ISIS

    So I don't know that there aren't any "muslims on the fence" about nuking ancient archeological sites but if I were to make an educated guess, I'd say that ISIS wouldn't give the first fuck about them either, for all the reasons they don't give the first fuck about the West.

This was more or less the thought process that led me to write 'odd'. I started with stronger language -- 'surprising' or something -- and decided that, most likely, ISIS doesn't have the longterm acumen to hold off on actions that will make people who don't hate them now hate them later. If there are any of those people. It's probably a smaller subset than I'm assuming. It would take a hell of a lot to make most of ISIS' supporters angry at them.