Prof. Robert Pape on his groundbreaking study - "Dying to Win" (Part 1 of 4)

This is part one of a lecture titled 'Dying to Win' delivered by Dr. Robert Pape (professor of political science at the University of Chicago) at Duke University on March 23, 2011. This lecture was sponsored by the Muslim Life at Duke University.

From The University of Chicago website:
Dr. Robert Pape is professor of Political Science and director of the Program for International Politics at The University of Chicago. Dr. Pape specializes in international security affairs. His publications include the books Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (Random House, 2005) and Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War (Cornell, 1996); Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop it (University of Chicago Press, September, 2010) ). and articles "Why Economic Sanctions Do Not Work" (International Security, 1997), "The Determinants of International Moral Action" (International Organization, 1999), "The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism" (American Political Science Review, August 2003), and "The True Worth of Air Power" (Foreign Affairs, March/April 2004).

He is director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism, http://cpost.uchicago.edu.

His current work focuses on the origins of suicide terrorism and the logic of soft balancing in a unipolar world. His commentary on international security policy has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, as well as on ABC, the BBC and NPR.

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[mattyfattypatty]

Thanks for posting!

[CheemaCommTV]

You ar welcome.

[Ken Egervari]

This is required viewing for every american

[MountainMan19831]

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[George Houghtby]

People who are oppressed are far more likely to be 'suicide terrorists' than people who are free. Wow! And I didn't need a $5Million dollar study to help me figure that out. And if this guy buys into the government version of 9/11 - then he is one of them, an insider.

[evanr00]

Every republican needs to watch this lecture.

[DerfKnuckle]

You couldn't know all of that about someone based solely on the fact that they've seen the first film.

It's funny how disagreeing with someone is somehow synonymous to being mad these days. Like I said before, it doesn't take much to write a comment on youtube.

[DerfKnuckle]

The reason I brought up the rest of the film series was to try to show you that just because a person has seen the first film, that doesn't say a thing about their personality or their judgement. There are tons of people who've watched Zeitgeist and don't care much for the conspiracy bits (like myself). There are members of The Zeitgeist Movement who would go as far as to say that the Movement should change it's title so that people won't associate it with the first film.

[SunlandicTwin]

Who did I lump in with who?  I'm sorry u real mad, but I didn't compare the person I was responding to to anyone. I only expressed a qualified opinion on the type of person that watched Zeitgeist, and made no comment on the factual integrity of the movie. So excuse my generalization, but how about you get over your bad self.

[DerfKnuckle]

Please don't lump the people who mention the first Zeitgeist movie in with the rest. Actually, it's better not to generalize at all, but this is a special case. The first Zeitgeist film doesn't have anything to do with the actual Zeitgeist Movement. Peter Joesph (the guy who made the films) said that he was just blowing off steam when he made it and that is wasn't ever supposed to get as much attention as it did.

[SunlandicTwin]

That's not even close to his point. I happen to agree with you, but to say that you stopped watching is ridiculously narrow-minded. I thought people who watched Zeitgeist at least had the mental faculties to listen to contrary facts, but it's clear you have no desire to attempt to gain a greater understanding of the world around you. Shame shame.

[JoshReflek]

Stopped listening right here:

"without the element of suicide, the 9/11 hijackers couldn't have killed 3,000 people"

Erm, controlled demolition has specific dynamics as does Free Fall speed.

go watch some Zeitgeistmovie dot co m before you try and lecture about anything.