The umpteenth macabre act carried out by the so-called Islamic state of the east is of these hours: a British aid worker was brutally beheaded and, as is now the practice for these tragedies, news and images were literally shot on the web.
The days of VHS appear far away in which Bin Laden, with the Kalashnikov of the order behind him, pointed the finger at Israel and the West. Today ISIS uses refined techniques that border on cinematography, uses sophisticated weapons against the Kurdish Peshmerga and against Assad, in short, it affects the body, mind and hearts of the opponent, but for these reasons ISIS has already lost.
Certainly not the F18 or the American Tomahawks will have the merit of this victory and not even the improbable and shabby coalitions of willings. The merit will be only of the western capitalist system, the philosopher Adam Smith would say, of an invisible hand, which, starting from the economy, will also balance international relations.
Yet the black flags, the ski masks, the burnt western banners and all the ambaradan of terror there are, plus the tragedy of the decapitations, we still have to ask ourselves what we lack.
The problem, or rather the discordant note this time is not in the thing, but in how. It was said that Bin Laden used the VHS, the Kalashnikov and was shown in a "traditional" way this new jihadists 2.0 instead use the same communication approach of the West, the same language, the same tools, we could say that they are bastardized, have derogated from the purity of faith and pan-Arab reality in favor of the iPhone, if on the one hand they threaten Rome, on the other they recruit Western people to whom, in propaganda, they offer the same comforts that the neophytes of terror would leave in their respective countries. 'origin, in short, the message is: if you come with us you will have a villa, SUV and utilitarian in quiet residential areas created in the desert, all without the worry of Islamic terrorism.
Pure madness, worse than death threats, worse than the bomb attacks, at least those denoted a different approach to society, a determination and a strict will, all concepts that seem to be watered down between video, threats and unfortunately some beheading. The reasons for this situation should be sought and perhaps they are clear, close to us, so close that they can not see them.
ISIS is a product of the West, a bit like the groups of young English pop singers, it was created to provide an armed lever to the Arab springs, currently out of hand, as the ancient Romans gradually escaped those initially loyal Celtic knights and subjugated to the swords of the empire, but with time they became aware of how beautiful the Roman world was.
ISIS was born in the West and wants the same privileges, seeks access to petrodollars and the market of raw materials, has entered a challenge already saturated with competitors in that area between Anatolia, Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean It also has a limited view of the conflict that it would like to extend to the whole world, for all these reasons it will eventually lose. Of course, for a long time it will threaten the dreams of the West populating them with black nightmares, but it will eventually collapse because Western capitalism is the decoration of a castle built in 300 years of blood and the corollary can not be laid at the foundation of a new order .
All these things the Maghreb-London rappers or the mujaheddin from YouTube cannot understand, we hope that instead the western countries will realize it to avoid other brutalities, to stop a massacre that began, like all massacres, with the purpose that it would be over soon.
Andrea Pastore
(pictured: a still from yesterday's beheading of Scottish hostage David Haines)
