[thechat] Palestinians

[spinhead]

I've wondered myself what the desired goal could be. It's not logical to me
that this is to dissuade the US from supporting Israel against the
Palestinians; and as Sam says, these folks aren't escapees from the looney
bin. While I disagree with their beliefs, they're passionately, fervently
devoted to whatever it is they believe in, or they wouldn't die for them.
(Willingness to die for your beliefs doesn't make you mad.)

Any insight? I've spoken to people of virtually every major religious belief
and faction, but no one has ever given any real rationale for terrorism.

spinhead


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam-I-Am" <sam at sam-i-am.com>
To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [thechat] Palestinians


[ . . . ]
 I've seen no attempt to
> begin to understand the motivation behind these crimes here (here being
> in the US media). I do find it disturbing that the US has essentially
> already made its decision on the nature of its response (military, and
> "dramatic") and is now just looking for the target. At what point are
> these kind of questions going to get asked, and wouldn't the answers
> have a bearing on what kind of response would be appropriate?
>
> I've seen no analysis that goes deeper than "its because we support
> Israel".
> These aren't madmen. They are fervently passionate for their cause and
> willing to die for it. Why? what is their cause? I realize the USA can't
> be seen to back down, but there will literally be no end to this until
> we can improve on descriptions like "freaky-wiedy madmen" for our
> aggressors. We need to walk in their shoes (nod to Erika) and attempt to
> understand their perspecitve.
[ . . . ]
>
> Sam
>