Tuesday, January 6, 2015

ISIL v. US Economy

The lede for a story in Der Spiegel online about the Islamic State goes like this:

... terrorism expert Louise Shelley says it operates like a run-of-the-mill crime syndicate in which ideology takes a back seat to money making.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/terror-expert-shelley-speaks-of-islamic-state-business-model-a-1011492.html

A slight rewording would yield the following:

Saint Howard says the US economy operates like a run-of-the-mill crime syndicate in which ideology takes a back seat to money making.

Since that's the way we work, what's the big deal if they copy us?

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