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Vi måste gå efter terrorinstitutionerna mer än terroristerna

What he does provide, however, in addition to his assessment of poverty and education as causal factors, is insight into what turns an aggrieved and psychologically troubled individual into a active terrorist: institutional structure. Mr Krueger notes that cause-driven extremists exist in any large population:

 For this reason, the supply of terrorists is fairly elastic. Remove one perceived source of grievance, and there are still many others willing to pursue their grievances with violent means. The finite “resource” is the number of terrorist organisations capable of channelling extremists to carry out heinous acts of terrorism.


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Posted by jorgen on 2007-09-12 14:43

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