obviously yes
Yes. The US gave all these terrorists weapons. There's your external factor.
Quote from: Josh55886 on November 15, 2015, 05:49:19 PMYes. The US gave all these terrorists weapons. There's your external factor.Source?
Poverty and war definitely contribute to people becoming caught up in any ideology which offers reward for their suffering and justification for their hatred of whoever is seemingly responsible for their struggle. That ideology is not limited to Islam, but radical Islam being inherently violent and it's followers uneducated and often illiterate makes it that much more compelling.
External factors play a role in everything- nobody disputes that much.The question is which factors and what roles.