[randog]

I'm still not convinced that terrorists are 80 year old great grandmothers from Peoria.

[Michael Smith]

I saw part of a show on PBS (gag) last night about Palestinian terrorists. It was amazing to me that a human mind could really function that way. Some of them were euphoric about the idea of dying for the cause, and of course there was all that nonsense about the seventy-two virgins waiting for you in paradise. I wonder what it's like to carry out one of those suicide missions and wake up to, not seventy-two virgins, but Satan himself?

[San Jacinto]

From what I have been able to gather, not all terrorists are alike......some are named Mohammed and others are named Abdul.

[NewRomeTacitus]

From watching the airport screeners I thought little kids carrying miniature "action-figure" guns, arthritic old ladies and 80-year old Medal of Honor bearers constituted terrorist threats. PBS must be wrong (sarc).

[Caipirabob]

Well, I don't know 'bout y'all, but I'm terrified...

[Karyn M. PhD]

Maybe this explains the bumper sticker I saw today:

Bombs can kill terrorists, but only love can stop terrorism.

Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy inside?

[dancusa]

According to the lamestream media and liberals,terrorism is caused by 'root causes' of poverty,hunger,poor housing,racism,etc.When they start talking about'root causes',you will hear the'blame America first'talking points from the utopians and elites.They want you to believe it our fault for them being terrorist.It is not our fault,terrorist are just plain evil people that hate America.

[AmericanChef]

Educated...in what? "Normal" childhood - in a place like Saudi Arabia, what's that mean? When these young men do it for money rather than for Islamic fun, does this mean we need to pay them instead? Anybody think that'd make a difference? The only way for us to get in there and change things is to go to war - the despots aren't going to make opportunities for their own people.

I can understand why our side wants to know the enemy - to kill them better! - but this is just more drivel in the end.

[independentmind]

The stereotype that these terrorists are poor, desperate, single young men from Third World countries, vulnerable to brainwashing, is wrong, Dr. Marc Sageman told an international terrorism conference in Washington this week.

I never thought that this was the stereotype to begin with.

[LA Conservative]

Sounds like a reasonable stereotype to me:
"Most Arab terrorists he studied were well-educated, married men from middle- or upper-class families, in their mid-20s and psychologically stable......Many of them knew several languages and traveled widely."