A morbid childhood fascination with explosives led to my engineering degree. :-)
Mine too.
......Defending the profession’s contribution to national security, Jacobson also noted that engineers across a range of specialties “become the government’s first defense against terrorism.”
Still, he did give some credit to al-Qaida and its ilk for the logic of its HR strategy: “If I was to recruit terrorists, engineers would be the first guys I’d want.”
Although why go through the grueling four years just to end it all on a mission right after graduation?
This poorly researched article assumes cause and effect---that Muslim males become engineers before they become radical jihadists. Wouldn't it be just as likely that Muslim males become radical jihadist before choosing a career as engineers? Because the technical background is useful to their cause?
Regardless, this is another piece of the pattern we ought to be profiling. - Young single Muslim men, not born in America, who have technical or medical backgrounds and who select window seats above the fuel tanks of airplanes.
“A morbid childhood fascination with explosives led to my engineering degree. :-)”
Should have tried organic chemistry. heh heh
I think what did it for me was the ozone from my Lionel trains getting into to my brain.