By Leslie Sacks
Now that appeasement is back in vogue, the post-9/11 notion that we must "understand" the terrorists-their unique motivations, their sad backgrounds-has re-emerged among the talking heads and diplomatic elites. The presumption is that such understanding will grant us insight and empathy, confirming our inherent similarities and bringing us reconciliation, compromise and resolution. The terrorists are merely aggrieved – not evil. Therefore, they are eminently capable of negotiation.
Is it not strange that the victims are pleading for reconciliation, thereby donating their victimization to the perpetrators?
Is not every citizen of the world – six billion plus people – in some way aggrieved, at some stage denied justice? What then separates these six billion aggrieved from the tens of thousands of active Jihadists, suicide bombers and terrorists? Read more ...
Now that appeasement is back in vogue, the post-9/11 notion that we must "understand" the terrorists-their unique motivations, their sad backgrounds-has re-emerged among the talking heads and diplomatic elites. The presumption is that such understanding will grant us insight and empathy, confirming our inherent similarities and bringing us reconciliation, compromise and resolution. The terrorists are merely aggrieved – not evil. Therefore, they are eminently capable of negotiation.
Is it not strange that the victims are pleading for reconciliation, thereby donating their victimization to the perpetrators?
Is not every citizen of the world – six billion plus people – in some way aggrieved, at some stage denied justice? What then separates these six billion aggrieved from the tens of thousands of active Jihadists, suicide bombers and terrorists? Read more ...
Source: Family Security Matters