{"id":56397,"date":"2014-08-12T06:59:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56397"},"modified":"2014-08-12T06:59:17","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T14:59:17","slug":"savagery-is-the-point-for-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56397","title":{"rendered":"Savagery Is The Point For Isis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These Muslims want to intimidate. I wonder if non-Muslim lands really want more Muslims living among them. <\/p>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/morning-mix\/wp\/2014\/08\/12\/the-calculated-madness-of-the-islamic-states-horrifying-brutality\/?tid=hp_mm&#038;hpid=z3\">Washington Post<\/a>: &#8220;The glorification of extreme violence using social media is one of the defining aspects of the Islamic State. The Sunni militants wield savagery like a tool, analysts say. It\u2019s neither extemporaneous nor undisciplined. It\u2019s concerted. It\u2019s tactical. It\u2019s evil. And that\u2019s the point. \u201cThere\u2019s a strategic reason behind the executions,\u201d wrote the Washington Institute\u2019s Aaron Zelin. \u201cAnd the gruesome pictures posted online for all to see.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Muslims want to intimidate. I wonder if non-Muslim lands really want more Muslims living among them. Washington Post: &#8220;The glorification of extreme violence using social media is one of the defining aspects of the Islamic State. The Sunni militants &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=56397\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56398,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56397\/revisions\/56398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}