Terrorism & ‘The True Believer’
“A mass movement,” wrote Eric Hoffer in “The True Believer,” “appeals not to those intent on bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but to those who crave to be rid of an unwanted self. “Their ...
It's absurd to say that the terrorism sponsored by ISIS and al-Qaeda has nothing to do with Islam. Obviously it has. They tell us this themselves when they speak of their war against the Crusaders (though there hasn"t been a Christian Crusade against Muslim states for centuries), and the terrorists themselves proclaim that they are acting in the ...
“A mass movement,” wrote Eric Hoffer in “The True Believer,” “appeals not to those intent on bolstering and advancing a cherished self, but to those who crave to be rid of an unwanted self. “Their ...
The printer cartridge bombs which nearly blew up U.S.-bound commercial jets have turned Sana"a, Yemen, into the new world terror capital. Terror, which the United States treats as if it were a state, has had many capitals and will ...
Call me slow, but I think have finally understood one of the most puzzling claims of terror warriors, namely, that the crucial difference between them and their liberal opponents is that the latter believe that hunger and poverty cause ...
Wait a second—might the terrorists in Mumbai have had actual political objectives? Are you suggesting that they don’t just hate freedom and wealth? Who has ever heard of such a thing? <object width=“425” ...
The Supreme Court has provided another nail in the coffin of executive war powers in its recent opinion on the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees. Earlier decisions by the court in Hamdan and Rasul ignored statutory enactment ...