The propaganda message we're supposed to believe is that the groups doing terrorist acts are bizarrely religious and brainwashed, completely irrational, with pr

The propaganda message we're supposed to believe is that the groups doing terrorist acts are bizarrely religious and brainwashed, completely irrational, with pre-enlightenment values. I don't think there is any evidence to support that. It's a really bizarre amplification and dehumanization of the enemy... I realize this is a part of war propaganda, but it's particularly distasteful because it amplifies the environment of fear the terrorists were trying to create in the first place. The goal of any tactic in war is to break the other side's will to keep fighting. Terrorism is an effective tactic because it can usually be carried out at convenient times and doesn't require much logistics, sophistication or funding.