We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:17:30 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification If you haven't read this, you should. Psychology of Suicide Bombers, over at the Counterterrorism Blog. Milestone: Jim B from Kansas posted comment 20,000. And mentioned Quantrill and Liberals in the same comment! Administrivia: For those of you who will be participating in the Project Valour-IT blogathon shortly - here are the flyers that Fuzzy is mentioning. All Flyers for you hi-speed guys.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:45:27 -0600 I just have an eclectic readership, Alan. I'm just the catalyst... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33968 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33968 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:04:22 -0600 My heavens, you run a good blog, John. I don't even read the posts some days just to get to the discussion you trigger. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33966 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33966 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:31:56 -0600 you know, the writer might not be totally wrong on the repression issue. I think when people see that they automatically think of freudian concepts of the Oedipus complex. But, if you really understood what this guy was saying (and what freud meant) is that the guys are missing tenderness, closeness and womanly love which is generally considered to be the softening touch. you know, who told you to stop fighting more? your mom or your dad? In the western culture we have a tradition of romantic heroes that do things for the love of a woman. Islam used to have that tradition, but it got stomped out in the intervening years of religious duty over taking secular pleasures. Think about why the Spanish inquisition was able to go on and last so long. Or why burning witches/heretics at the stake was popular in some countries. You almost always see extreme cruelty occur in periods of extra special puritanical behavior. the fervor for god replaces the fervor for secular and sexual pleasure; it's the replacement emotional outlet that, when practiced in it's extreme is quite orgiastic. You ever see a man speak in tongues? Even when some of these men are married, it is very likely that they were virgins at the time. Not a bad thing in a general sense but when that includes the idea that sex is sinful (which they already get the idea from the pre-marital life) and they probably have some functional issues considering all the repression to that time that can damage the ego. And think, why would the mother believe that it is better to die a shaheed and have virgins in heaven than to live and give her grandchildren? Can you imagine the repressed life of a woman behind the veil married to a man who believes that women are only useful as child bearers and house keepers? She most likely has not experienced any pleasure herself. Better the son dies than to inflict or suffer the same fate. We are talking about the subconscious here, not necessarily a conscious decision making http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33946 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33946 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:06:55 -0600 That's pretty chilling, when you think about it. We are fighting a war, but the cause of it is something that hasn't even been addressed, really. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33944 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33944 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:31:06 -0600 Interesting link. Personally, I can't buy the "sexual repression" take that the film-maker has, but the zealotry angle is credible. Has to do with the heresy of Mohammed, whose invented religion, while based in the Judaeo-Christian tradition, veers off and denies the Trinity. For Christians, the Trinity affirms (infinitely) love. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33924 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/interesting_stuff.html#comment-33924 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:41:46 -0600