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> When you're going after a zealous nutjob who welcomes death and seeks only to take as many others as possible with him, ... What you say is 100% true, but if

> When you're going after a zealous nutjob who welcomes death and seeks only to take as many others as possible with him, ... What you say is 100% true, but if history is any guide, zealous nutjob LEADERS have their MINIONS take as many with THEM as they can. The leaders, oddly, need to stay and suffer on this mortal plane.

JoachimSchipper 16y ago
This has happened, but Osama - who clearly was a capable and inspiring man - sacrificed a life of mostly carefree luxury for caves, manhunts, etc. I'm not saying he was not crazy or entirely free of being corrupted by his position, but it seems likely that he actually believed what he said he believed - and even if he didn't go out and blow himself up, he was probably aware of the likely consequences of his actions. (Evading capture in Afghanistan was quite a feat/lucky.)