While some killings and issues are certainly real, there is also
a lot of exaggeration and "shows of power". The West tends to
believe whatever Media says, and extremist groups who want to be
heard use that to their advantage. All a group has to do is
stand up and say "It was us!" and we tend to take them at their
word.
There's an awkward mix of lies and truths from both sides with
media eating up every bit of it. Political and war-type
responses won't surprise me.
I blame the educated bystanders like us though. We insert
significance to events, and connect dots together and form a
picture and say, "This is bigger than one single event!"
For groups that are attempting to appear bigger than they are,
this, they enjoy.
But, we are easily led by Media, movies, stories of history,
educated people. In these situations, everything appears to be
happening at once, and a single event is replayed over and over
again, whenever we discuss it, show it, talk about it. We give
it Life and make it live longer than the actual event.
12 people killed 12 people.
12 people need to be caught and brought to justice using
appropriate civil laws.
Anything beyond that, is people talking.
All that talking, will eventually lead to a foot soldier (and
the terrorists who do the killings are foot soldiers, NOT the
people in charge. They're just grunts). Foot soldiers, if they
make it alive, come home with mental problems. Or if killing
themselves is part of the tradition, they don't come home.
Everybody else? Is either talking about it, giving orders -
which is just talking, or... maybe building weapons.
The actual fighting time is short.
The rest of the time? Waiting. Most of war is just waiting.
After the fighting event, the survivors go home, have dinner and
go to bed. Just like all other humans.
And the people living in the area? They still have to go to
work, put on their ties and continue with their lives.
