Reply #28: Keep asking the question: who benefits?

[donkeyotay]

This seems like a good time to point out something that's been troubling me. Not too long ago there was a horrific attack - one that killed many women and children and was followed up with another attack on a vehicle that took wounded to a hospital. Then there was the more recent attack on workers who approached a car to try to get work. When I asked, "who benefits?" I was hard pressed to answer, "the insurgents." It doesn't make sense. Basically, the insurgents are also trying to win hearts and minds. Horrific attacks on civilians would seem counter-productive.

This could be opening salvos in a bitter civil war. On the other hand, it could be that we are being prepped to accept attacking Syria or Iran. Maybe we are being prepped to accept using tactical nuclear weapons. The rationale being that the "insurgents" are so horrible that any means necessary is okay. Sort of a variation on the Saddam taking babies out of their incubators.