In an article “Middle East Revisited: Terrorism,” I wrote of my belief that beneath the layers of public reasons for a suicide bomber to take others with him or her is the urgent need to abandon a disappointing life and enter into and take over that of a victim. The details drawing me towards this conclusion can be found in the above mentioned article.
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Health, Obscured motives, Psychology, Suicide
Tagged Amish, motives, murder, suicide, Suicide attack
When Chile and Argentina were ruled by brutal generals, I would gladly have had their regimes toppled. But our (U.S.A) executive branch had chosen instead to lay down with dictators and—not surprisingly—it rose up with a contorted sense of the legitimacy of its actions. Continue reading
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, United States
Tagged Al Qaeda, defense, Iraq, motives, Saddam Hussein, suicide, terrorism, WMD
I write here of distortions in terrorist relationships to heritage and to self, not about their finding my country, the United States, to be a detriment to either. Stripped of these distortions, any disappointment in our involvement would not be constantly upstaging its own agenda.
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, Psychology, Suicide, Terrorism, United States
Tagged aggression, death, defense, motives, suicide, terrorism, WMD
Where there is trust, the shortest route to a person’s beliefs is a straight question, but at this time where in the Middle East is there trust. Instead there are inner convictions, unspoken and often misguided, militating against peace. People are surely too complex and my credentials too sparse for more than guesses, so take much of what follows as such. Since often questions say more than they ask, also freely discard those of mine that seem to say too much and take the rest as starting points.
The inquiry addresses these topics:
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, Psychology, Suicide, Terrorism, United States
Tagged aggression, death, freedom, motives, suicide, terrorism, WMD
