radicalization, n.Definitions

Radicalization (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠mostly the work of the war itself: the great majority of foreign fighters in Iraq were not terrorists before the invasion made them so.

Radicalization (n.) begun ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠by an enemy can be completed by its foe: the United States, in this analysis, was bin Laden's indispensable ally.

Radicalization (n.) finds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠its recruits among young people stuck in humiliation and hopelessness, and sells them what they lack: dignity and a purpose.