Jihadist Crazies Seek Rebirth Through Glorious Death

[Frank Archer]

From Pat Buchanan:

“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 innermost craving is for a new life — a rebirth — or, failing this, a chance to acquire new elements of pride, confidence, hope, a sense of purpose, and worth by an identification with a holy cause.”

Such a man was Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a criminal with a decade-long record of drug-dealing, assault and robbery, who shot and killed a guard at Ottawa’s National War Memorial and then burst into Parliament and shot two others before being cut down.

A psychiatric evaluation of Zehaf-Bibeau in 2011 found, “He has been a devoted Muslim for seven years, and he believes he must spend time in jail as a sacrifice to pay for his mistakes in the past.”

Now Zehaf-Bibeau is known to his countrymen and the world. Now his deeds are celebrated by the Islamic State he sought to join.

The rest is here: http://radixnews.com/2014/10/27/jihadist-crazies-seek-rebirth-glorious-death/

[GourmetDan]

This must be fought on a psychological-level.

Nothing else will work...

[Frank Archer]

Hard to do when the government won't admit the nature of the threat

[truth_seeker]

I think it must be fought with pure power, police, legal, military, public opinion, etc.

If that means revisiting the nature of personal and religious rights and freedoms, let the debates begin.

If the peaceful muslims can't order their religion sufficiently well, to fit into contemporary society, then the state must do so. And if some innocents must be sacrificed for the greater good of mankind, so be it.

The US wisely isolated some Japanese, Italian and Germans during WWII. In fact, there WERE subversives in their numbers.

We should carefully scrutinize Islamic institutions, groups, individuals and err on the side of public safety.

I believe those who would do us harm are NOT entitled to the same basket of rights and protections, for that very reason. The Constitution is NOT a suicide pact.

We are in a state of war with islam, but it is a war of a different type. They see it in very long terms, whereas we (too naively) live for the day and the moment.

We were shelled on the West coast by Japan, along with balloons sent into the Pacific skies. We knew they wanted to sneak into our harbors with submarines, so we put nets across the harbors' mouths.

We feared night attacks, so implemented blackouts, to go with rationing of food, gasoline, rubber and other materials of war.