Robinson Debunks "Desperation" as the Cause of Suicide Terror

Nov 10, 2009 at 2:38 pm

http://www.childrensrightsinstitute.org/2009/11/robinson-debunks-desperation-as-the-cause

Please see Heather Robinson's latest piece in the Huffington Post which so eloquently challenges the notion that the horrific shooting at Fort Hood, as well as other acts of suicidal violence such as suicide-homicide bombing, are products of "desperation."  Robinson mentions "The Making of a Martyr" as a pertinent documentary that exposes this issue.

Excerpt:

I couldn't help but laugh, bitterly, to hear Anderson Cooper on CNN last week puzzling that Major Nidal Hasan's power point presentation "justifying suicide bombing" was not regarded by the military as a "red flag" (Hasan is the Army psychiatrist who went on a killing rampage last week at Fort Hood, murdering 13 and wounding 38 of his fellow service members). Liberal media has for decades presented suicide bombing and homicide attacks by Arab Muslim extremists, especially Palestinians, as the result of "desperation..."

To read the article in its entirety, please click here.