Originally Posted by Sarrial Banda

A few days ago, I read a column on BBC Urdu in which the writer Mr. Wusat Ullah Khan, though in a bit hilarious way, was saying that rightist parties & the people who are morally supporting the militants & anti-state actors in Pakistan, are actually suffering from a psychological condition known as "the Stockholm Syndrome". A person or group suffering from this syndrome actually develops a liking/love for oppression & the oppressor. Actually the pariah is so much ill treated & abused after completely overpowering him that any lack of abuse or slightest reduction in abuse is magnified in his mind as an act of great kindness & he develops a positive feeling for the abuser.

He supported his argument with some strong evidences like the Muslims of Gujarat, India though, are thoroughly suppressed & ill-treated by Hindu extremist groups, still vote & elect people from extremist groups. According to him, same was true in Vietnam & still now in many parts of the world it happens when the oppressed groups start loving & supporting their oppressors. Like in Pakistan, there are millions of people out there, who are always looking for slightest positive signs from the militants to call them patriots, the true & kind Muslims who have devoted their lives for a great cause. Like recently, few people even called HakeemUllah Mehsud a "Shaheed". According to the writer, Pakistani Nation in general is suffering from this syndrome due to prolonged war, bestiality & ruthlessness shown by extremists & repeated failures on the part of security agencies. So the writer concluded that Pakistan needs to fight this war on Psychological grounds as well & needs to develop a policy to combat this irrational mental inclination of its masses.

What you people say about this analysis?

Stockholm Syndrome : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome