The antagonists in a mortal combat absorb part of the personality of the adversary through a process that can best be described as `psycho-osmosis`[A gradual, often unconscious process of assimilation or absorption]. Having gone through this process, the oppressed become the oppressors, as for example the Zionists; the law-enforcers become the law-breakers, like the police and intelligence agencies; and freedom fighters become ruthless dictators, like so many post-independence leaders in Asia and Africa. The Americans having been a party to all three conflicts and have undergone that transformational experience thrice. Read Full article >>>> http://peace-forum.blogspot.com/2011/02/extremism-in-us-pakistan.html