In recent years much has been said about suicide bombers and what compels them into action. Political causes are aired over the radio and TV daily, proclaiming that some recent suicide attack was committed in the name of a group or an ideal. There must be more at work than simple politics and national strife. Perhaps the enticement lies not in this world at all, or in this life for that matter, but somewhere outside our sphere of understanding. Somehow the person committing this devastating act has been largely ignored. I think the real root for these attacks lies in isolation and loneliness. As Hammarskjold suggests, isolation can pilot us toward things so grand, that we will die for them.
