How can we fight suicide bombers? Like this one..??? With an Army??

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Answer 1

Combination of strong security forces and proper mental health care.Addressing the main concerns of Muslims which make them feel hopeless and an easy victim for recruiters of radical Islam.Every society has its severely depressed who consider suicide.There you have organizations who not only respect your wish to die but make it into something heroic and promise to take care of your family and often do by supporting them ,financially after your offer.In most societies people who express suicide thoughts are marginalized or looked down on,there they are encouraged by criminals and they actually get the means(what often prevents many people from acting out their suicide plans in other parts of the world.)
To summarize,if you feel like a loser there who's life has no purpose and that depresses you,you have a chance to become a hero.We must stop this sick and dangerous mental process.I believe radical Islam actively prays on the weak

Answer 2

I still have confidence in Patraeous and the ability of our military to put together a plan. I also find the current Brookings study plan on setting up three "republics" in the country (Kurd, Sunni, Shi'a) with Baghdad being a split city at the Tigress river with the Sunni and Shi'a sharing the city. There would be a weak central government over the three republics and until the citizens move to the area they want (some sunnis may stay in a Shi'a area due to their friends being there or other reason) the US military would not redeploy or leave. This should bring down civil war claims.

Answer 3

Is there only one way? Suicide bombers are not just "self-cleaning ovens," incidentally. They kill many innocents.

We need to stop them every way we can.

Answer 4

yes.
Psychology of Terrorism
Biological Approaches

Consideration of biological factors affecting aggression does not constitute a theory, in any formal sense. Nevertheless they are an important element in a comprehensive biopsychosocial understanding of behavior. Oots and Wiegele (198513 ) argue that “social scientists who seek to understand terrorism should take account of the possibility that biological or physiological variables may play a role in bringing an individual to the point of performing an act of terrorism” (p. 17). Yet, it is rare that any biological studies are conducted on terrorists. One notable exception is an early finding by psychiatrist David Hubbard that a substantial portion of the terrorists he examined clinically suffered from some form of inner-ear problems or “vestibular dysfunction.” This finding has not been replicated, however, nor is there a clear theoretical rationale for a potential link to terrorism. With that said, we offer here only the most basic, cursory review of current knowledge on biological factors influencing aggression.

Neurochemical Factors14 : Serotonin (5-HT), of all neurotransmitters in the mammalian brain, has received the most research attention and has shown the most consistent association with aggressive behavior. Lower levels of serotonin have been linked to higher levels of aggression in normal, clinical, and offender samples. The association between 5-HT deficits and aggression seem to be specific to (or at least principally affect) impulsive, rather than premeditated aggressive behavior, which also appears to be mediated by perceived threat or provocation. Low levels of 5-HT may heighten one’s sensitivity or reactivity to cues of hostility or provocation. “In the absence of provocative stimuli, decreased 5HT functioning may have little effect on the level of aggressive behavior exhibited by humans (Smith, 1986)” (Berman, Kavoussi, & Coccaro, 1997, p. 309). Because Serotonin is primarily an inhibitory neurotransmitter, it is possible that deficits in 5-HT reduce inhibition of aggressive ideas/impulses that would otherwise be suppressed – there is not real evidence that it creates them.

As neurotransmitters, Norepinephrine NE may affect arousal and environmental sensitivity and Dopamine DA may affect behavioral activation and goal-directed behavior.

“Compared to serotonin, the relationship between both dopamine and norepinephrine and human aggression is less clear” (Berman, Kavoussi, & Coccaro, 1997, p. 309). Although some studies have linked low levels of DA to increases in aggression (particularly impulsive aggression), DA and 5-HT levels are correlated (they travel together) so


it is particularly uncertain whether DA has any relationship to aggressive behavior independent of the effect of 5-HT.

Hormonal Factors15: The effects of androgens / gonadotropic hormones on human behavior – particularly aggressive behavior – are weaker and more complex than one might expect. There is not good empirical evidence to support “testosterone poisoning” as a cause of disproportionate violence in males. Testosterone has – at best – a limited role.16 A meta-analysis of the relationship between testosterone and scores on the Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory (Archer, 1991) showed a “low but positive relationship between T levels and the overall inventory score of 230 males tested over five studies” (Brain & Susman, 1997, p. 319).

Psychophysiological Factors: Lower than average levels of arousal (e.g., low resting heart rate) and low reactivity are consistently found in studies of people who engage in aggressive and antisocial behavior (Raine, 1993, 199717).

Neuropsychological Factors: Cognitive abilities relating to self-awareness and self-control are referred to as “executive functions.” The frontal lobe of the brain, and the prefrontal cortex in particular, has been identified as the primary neuroanatomic site of these functions. “Evidence of the relation between executive deficits and aggression has been found among incarcerated subjects, among normal subjects in laboratory situations, and among nonselected populations. Effect sizes are small to moderate, but consistent and robust18. Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that dysfunction or impairment in the prefrontal cortex may be responsible for the psychophysiologic deficits found in people who engage in antisocial and aggressive behavior (Raine, 1993, 199719). Specifically, brain imaging, neurological, and animal studies suggest that prefrontal dysfunction may account for low levels of arousal, low (stress) reactivity,
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Answer 5

Good point ... we should send Hollywood actors.