You suggest we read someone who begins his piece by stating that these fanatically obsessed, delusional cultists were "brave?" My thanks to this writer for letting me know up front that his material is confused and unnecessary.
I am not too sure of your point. If he had referred to the conduct of French or Italian soldiers in WWII as being "brave", then I would agree with you about the label "confused". My great uncle, a Marine in the Big One, made several disparaging remarks about the Japanese he fought against, but always added that they were brave men (often to the point of being foolhardy).