In this file photo, a demonstrator, with his face covered, protests the US war in Afghanistan in Islamabad, Pakistan. Robert Harbison / The Christian Science Monitor / File
Are Terrorists Beyond Redemption? -- Christian Science Monitor
The record shows that some radicals can be persuaded to give up the gun when inducements and local conditions are right. The Pentagon recently spent $4.5 million to find out more.
Terrorists are often described as beyond reason, beyond redemption. But the reality, as recent and not-so-recent history shows, is very different.
The record shows that some radical groups can be persuaded to give up the gun when the combination of inducements and local conditions is right. It's an imprecise prescription. But a combination of the heavy stick of the state, followed by giving militant leaders positive incentives to rejoin a society they often come to regret having left, seems to be at its core.
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My Comment: Everyone is different .... so I guess it will depend on who the terrorist is. But I do agree with one thing in this post .... "deradicalization" will be a growth industry in many troubled Islamic countries for years to come.