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Boston bomber wrote why he did it

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162- ... urces-say/

The note -- scrawled with a marker on the interior wall of the cabin -- said the bombings were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and called the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been in the American-led wars. "When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," Tsarnaev wrote.

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Pointedstick wrote: "When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims," Tsarnaev wrote.
And when you attack innocent people on the behalf of Muslims, you attack all Muslims.
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"The note -- scrawled with a marker on the interior wall of the cabin -- said the bombings were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and called the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been in the American-led wars."

I get what Tsarnaev was saying but.....

In 1965 a man named Norman Morrison, a member of the Quaker church (in which I was raised), had similar passionate feelings about American involvement in Vietnam. To call attention to it, he set fire to himself across from the Pentagon.

Seems to pinpoint the difference between two religions.

Addendum:
And also you hear about Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire (happened a lot in Vietnam), so make that the difference between one religion and two others.
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