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The cash that was found was probably from the Iranians, thanks to Obama! They were just told to say it was from Russia

You really need us to explain why employers offer performance incentives to their employees?

For your argument to make sense, that would mean the only reason these people are killing American soldiers is that they're being paid. I find the notion highly unlikely.

It's not. It's how the world works. I don't care how zealous your soldiers are - if they don't get paid, they run out of supplies and start thinking about deserting your sorry ass for home. Wars that aren't financed do not last twenty years, they last maybe half a year.

Once again, you're incorrect. These are muslim extremists waging jihad. Their bastardized of version Islam commands them to kill the infidel at all costs, and fight to the last man. Hence, proving the validity of this meme.

But they do it for money. This shouldn't be news to you - they've been operating on a multi-million dollar budget since forever. Osama bin Laden started off as a trust fund baby - EVERYBODY knows that.

Learn your history. They started long before bin laden, and will keep going long after whether the russians are giving them money or not.

...long before bin Laden? Sorry, which army of unpaid soldiers are you talking about? I know you're not talking about the Ottomans, the Seljuk Turks, Saladin, or anything liked that because they DEFINITELY drew a salary.

So, if they weren't paid, they would lay down their weapons and stop killing infidels? Do you know how silly that sounds?

...yeah, probably. You'll get your holdouts and weirdos, but with nothing with which to buy ammunition, food, and shelter, the overwhelming majority of your soldiers will just go home and try to accomplish their religious goals some other way. The guy who runs the training camp has bills to pay. The construction crew for seige equipment and combat engineering think of the money they should be making as a contracted business instead of humping their ass for free. Without a salary, commanders don't feel like their lives are getting better having gone through the ranks with all their experience so how long do you think they'll last before sending their resumes around? Fortifications cost money. Roads, animal logistics, communications, that all costs money. If you've had any success at all, mayors and chieftains are going to start asking who the hell put you in charge and really the only answer to that is "I sign your paychecks" or they'll just straight up replace you with someone who can. You could kidnap all of these people and try to get some Mongolian style slave army going, but then you need to pay the kidnappers and the people who'll enforce that - police states are not cheap to run.

Like, seriously, name a Muslim army that worked for bupkis. Who are you even talking about? Even the prophet Muhammad himself had the backing of the Medinan government; he had to convince them that his religious credentials were legit, but without their rubber stamp none of this gets off the ground.

So...your argument is that war cannot be waged on a budget of $0. Thus, proving the russians are funding them. See how silly THAT sounds? If you have to write a big essay to make a point, you're probably on the wrong side of the issue.

Not analogous

Wasn't supposed to be. It's literal. That's the point.