Who benefits from terrorism?

[katy]

Nobody benefits from terrorism except radical extremists and presidential administrations who have paranoid and insular people supporting them

And please remember the people bombing Bali are Indonesian.
However they are not Balinese

 

[katy]

Nobody benefits from terrorism except radical extremists and presidential administrations who have paranoid and insular people supporting them

And please remember the people bombing Bali are Indonesian.
However they are not Balinese

 

[Amara]

What exactly defines a terrorist. And, are you talking about Bali only or world wide terrorism?

Well the definition is up for discussion. Emphasis was on Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda.

Nobody benefits from terrorism except radical extremists and presidential administrations who have paranoid and insular people supporting them

Like the first post already asked, how are terrorists benefitting? I'd be interested to know details of what objectives are being served rather than sweeping statements in the affirmative. Nevertheless the suggestion of presidential administrations is fair, if not slightly "Michael Moore-ish" lol. Still this is more a consequence that works in their favour, not a direct benefit which is willingly sought.

 

[Amara]

What exactly defines a terrorist. And, are you talking about Bali only or world wide terrorism?

Well the definition is up for discussion. Emphasis was on Jemaah Islamiyah and al Qaeda.

Nobody benefits from terrorism except radical extremists and presidential administrations who have paranoid and insular people supporting them

Like the first post already asked, how are terrorists benefitting? I'd be interested to know details of what objectives are being served rather than sweeping statements in the affirmative. Nevertheless the suggestion of presidential administrations is fair, if not slightly "Michael Moore-ish" lol. Still this is more a consequence that works in their favour, not a direct benefit which is willingly sought.

 

[Glockmatic]

terrorists (not just religious terrorists) benefit by getting attention to their cause, all media focus on things like bombings, not protests.

 

[Glockmatic]

terrorists (not just religious terrorists) benefit by getting attention to their cause, all media focus on things like bombings, not protests.

 

[Amara]

terrorists (not just religious terrorists) benefit by getting attention to their cause, all media focus on things like bombings, not protests.

Attention doesnt benefit their cause in any real sense though, these actions seem to push the cause or purpose further away. Unless attention is a desire in itself, distinct from deeper underlying motivation (lack of which wouldnt really make it terrorism so much a public nuisance, or something), then my question remains at large, how are their objectives being served?

("All" media? The reason I made this thread was because of media focus on protests...)

 

[Amara]

terrorists (not just religious terrorists) benefit by getting attention to their cause, all media focus on things like bombings, not protests.

Attention doesnt benefit their cause in any real sense though, these actions seem to push the cause or purpose further away. Unless attention is a desire in itself, distinct from deeper underlying motivation (lack of which wouldnt really make it terrorism so much a public nuisance, or something), then my question remains at large, how are their objectives being served?

("All" media? The reason I made this thread was because of media focus on protests...)

 

[Duke]

I doubt if there actually is a gain for them to it. Terrorism is the smallest scale military action there is. Even lower on the scale-ladder than guerilla warfare. They don't have anything to "make a fist" with, so they resort to "annoying" their enemies through acts of terrorism. Because, well, a terrorist attack doesn't really "do" anything, save for causing suffering for human loss and materialistic damage, but it doesn't have a real impact on the country's functioning. The impact comes afterwards, when the people and the government get consumed by the terror. It's a scare tactic in the end. They won't achieve anything but for them, it's their holy war.

Nothing substantially can be gained through terrorism. What it does for the terrorists is give them satisfaction i suppose. But like Rukas said, usually those people are so twisted they can't look at things objectively. They probably have goals, yet so unrealistic, but they believe it's achievable.