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terror: strategies of the absurd

…The Palestinians terror groups appear to have made the strategy of the absurd into a specialty: the sheer audacity, historically, of their most spectacular exploits seems to flout any criteria of rational behavior. However, other groups practice the same basic … Continue reading

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terror: sheer, irrational madness

…Even more distinctive of modern terrorism, asĀ  opposed to its origins, is the random nature of its violence. Earlier terrorists usually had some specific and comprehensible grievance against their victims. Quite often the attack was in retaliation for the acts … Continue reading

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