"Brian Hill" wrote in message
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Or is it an honor? They are revered like Hollywood stars in some parts of
the middle east. They even have what's like hero trading cards. I learned
this from a show I saw a month or two ago on Sundance where Francis Ford
Coppola did a documentary on the Palestinian/Israel conflict. It was
interesting. I'm trying to remember the name of it?



I didn't see the Coppola piece, but honor makes as much sense as any other
explaination.

I think there's alot of risk for the terrorists in playing the suicide
bomber card. The Osama bin Ladens now have to prove that God is really on
their side. Even the numbnuts of the Islamic world will want to see some
signs of success. They've had a few, like the American pullout from Beirut
and the Spanish election, but they will have to keep the ball rolling. This
Islamic terrorist threat could hang on for a long time, but I'm sure that
when the terrorist leaders have nothing to show but failure for years, they
will have a hard time convining anyone that they are truely speaking for
God.

It'll also help if we don't make life easy for their recruiters.

Frank Dresser