I think this article from over at New Matilda is worth sharing:  The Only Terrorist Organisation Involved In The Sydney Siege Is The Murdoch Press Empire, written by Joshua Dabelstein

He says, in part …

“Terrorism isn’t about killing as many people as possible at once, or winning wars. Terrorism is about leaving a challenging, lasting effect. To borrow from Tim Winton, the lone gunman is no more than wallpaper — a meaningless benign backdrop reacting with the light refracted through the lenses of the real change-makers. This is a chickens and eggs argument, where we must ask ourselves what came first – repressive regimes stimulating extremist fringe movements toward violence, or extremist fringe movements stimulating our regime toward domestic and international repression.”