Why Is Al Qaeda Related To Its Expansionist Vision?
Another strategic mistake of Al Qaeda related to its expansionist vision because the attempts to spread ideology through violence turned out to create more enemies to the organization. In many instances, their strategies have just transformed neutral countries into opponents. Those strategies were grounded for many reasons. After attacking the United State the organizations continually expanded their theater of operation to gain a greater portion of the world and “assume that most people in the world are legitimate targets of violence, even those who profess to be Muslim ”. Thereby, Al Qaeda and its allies had created enemies not only with the western countries but also with the Arab countries. By attacking nations that organization did not necessarily have any major issues with, such as, Turkey, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia , they have created enemies they might otherwise have avoided.
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Two generations of the organization leaders have been almost completely eliminated and the third is currently in difficulty. The leaders of “al Qaeda central” in Afghanistan and Pakistan are also increasingly on the defensive and unable to offer serious guidance and support. In fact, al Qaeda perspective and vision of its caliphate dim and become obscure. Thus, since the revolution of Arab spring in 2011 and the death of their leader (Usama Bin Laden), two commons terms have appeared: First, the events in Egypt and Tunisia have shown that young protestors can bring about change without resorting to armed violence, which significantly undermines al-Qaeda's rhetoric of violence. Secondly, the main requirement of the protestor (a democratic change), as well as the essentially secular nature of the uprisings, leaves al-Qaeda in
The overall strategic aim of geographical …show more content…
Two generations of the organization leaders have been almost completely eliminated and the third is currently in difficulty. The leaders of “al Qaeda central” in Afghanistan and Pakistan are also increasingly on the defensive and unable to offer serious guidance and support. In fact, al Qaeda perspective and vision of its caliphate dim and become obscure. Thus, since the revolution of Arab spring in 2011 and the death of their leader (Usama Bin Laden), two commons terms have appeared: First, the events in Egypt and Tunisia have shown that young protestors can bring about change without resorting to armed violence, which significantly undermines al-Qaeda's rhetoric of violence. Secondly, the main requirement of the protestor (a democratic change), as well as the essentially secular nature of the uprisings, leaves al-Qaeda in