Extremists kill innocent people in order to dramatize their message in a way that shocks and horrifies their intended audience. They also rely on what Clark McCauley and others have called “jujitsu politics,” in which a smaller fighter uses the strength of the larger opponent to defeat him.
有人认为9/11导致了伊斯兰和西方之间“文明的碰撞”。没错，那也许正是奥萨马·本·拉登袭击美国的初衷。恐怖主义是一种戏剧化的模式。恐怖分子杀害无辜群众，以此来增强其信息的戏剧化效果，惊吓和恐吓他们的目标受众。他们还必须依赖克拉克·麦考利和其他人所说的“柔道政治”，其核心是小个子斗士利用大个子对手的力量来击败他。