leased re: terrorism, a complex phenomenon
leased, re "It makes them feel empowered. The very idea of taking on a powerful enemy, even if it means dying for the cause, tends to ennoble these youth. From being treated as nobody, they are suddenly going to shake the world. That, in a way, is their revenge on an uncaring society they were part of." That is referring to those who are merely the expendable foot soldiers who carry out the actual bombings. It is those who are driving and cultivating "the cause" that we need to be analysing. Whilst the bombers may believe in the "cause" they are prepared to die for, who are they to know if that is the same "cause" that their masters are fighting for. Trying to analyse the motivations of any foot soldier as to why he wants to go to war will not neccessarily give an insight as to why the generals and politicians want to go to war.
