Cui bono, or Qui profite in French, is also a good starting point for understanding Friday’s terror attack in Paris that took 129 lives and injured hundreds more. It is the most recent of a string of attacks claimed by Daesh that include 40 killed in twin Beirut bombings and the downing of a Russian passenger jet.
The avowed purpose of Daesh is to build an Islamic State or caliphate from the territories of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. These bold attacks, especially in the west, do a lot to build the groups notoriety which, paradoxically, helps its recruitment among young disaffected Muslims. That would appear to be the most significant, if not the only, benefit the group can expect from these attacks. It will have enhanced its reputation as an enemy of the West. But it is also a mixed bag for Daesh because these terrorist acts will mean the military attacks on its base and support for those fighting it in Syria and Iraq will be greatly intensified. Daesh may well have overreached itself here as there may be a backlash it can’t handle. Perhaps they think all out war with the West is the best way to build their caliphate. If they do, I think they are wrong.
Whatever their motivation, ISIS has taken credit for the attack, so there would seem to be no need to look further for a culprit. At the same time, I think we would be well served to remember that not everything is as it first appears, particularly in the Middle East.
This morning both former CIA deputy director Micheal Morrell, representing US imperialism on CBS This Morning and Vijay Prashad, representing the Imperial Left on Democracy Now, used the Paris attacks to argue that the US should support and work with the Assad regime to defeat Daesh. This is also an argument being advanced by the Russians and Assad himself.
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