Probably not as terrorists. Certainly not as the embodiment of evil out to destroy the good. We actually know a lot about how they see themselves. They speak often of the validity, the rightness if not the goodness of their cause. Here are two examples. One from the Pakistani Five. Do you remember, those five [...]
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How do the terrorists see themselves?
January 6, 2010Waging a war on terror in a liberal democracy
January 6, 2010President Obama’s future in elective politics may well depend on how well he can make his countrymen understand and accept his view that terrorists prior to their capture are the legitimate objects of all the deadly forces (in particular the Predator Missiles that have been so effective in killing their leaders) that we can muster [...]