I noticed elsewhere, in the title of an article I didn't have a chance to read that he was depeicted as both depresses & lonely, and that this has been poo poohed by many --- but aren't those characteristics which make one so 'ripe' for CULT INDOCTRINATION?
>>> "....While the acts may have been carried out by individuals, they are all part and parcel of the broader Islamist movement to recreate the caliphate as Allah's kingdom on earth. There are push and pull factors and actors that part of a coherent whole that work with these individuals to make their actions possible.
So, you have lonely, alienated and unhappy people, in effect being told that their alienation is a sign that they are close to Allah and on their way to salvation. What is required of them? To use whatever means available to attack the current system perpetrated by infidels, and bring about a new, Islamic world." <<<<
Bingo!