Winds of War: More Pinhead Thinking on Terrorism

Here’s the latest excuse for educated professional Muslims to go out and blow themselves up. They’re frustrated with their jobs.

Sheez! Haven’t they heard of Career Builder?

A new British study has linked engineers and terrorism, saying such people are high achievers and often get sucked into radicalism out of frustration with their corrupt bureaucracies.

Diego Gambetta and Steffen Hertog of Oxford University collected data on 404 militants from 31 countries. Interestingly, engineering emerged as the most popular subject among the 178 militants known for having a principal academic focus.

A further break-up showed that 78 of them had pursued an engineering degree, 34 dealt with Islamic studies, 14 with medicine, and 12 with economics or business studies, says the Oxford University website.

The authors note that engineers tend to be high-achievers who rise by merit, which may make them more likely to be frustrated by their interactions with corrupt bureaucracies in the Middle East and North Africa and thus receptive to radical messages. In their recently published sociology paper, titled "Engineers of Jihad", the authors link terrorism to the "engineer's mindset".

Cut the crap. Haven’t you ever been frustrated with your job or job hunt? I can see it now. This on a Muslim resume.

REASON FOR LEAVING LAST JOB: Frustrated. Blew up my neighborhood marketplace.

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