Why didn't we call Japanese kamikazes "Shinto Terrorists"? Finally the lie to the doublespeak of the Bush administration and its supporters has been definitively put by the work of Robert Pape in his Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism. In his work, he makes a compelling argument against the notion that suicide bombers are "Islamic Fundamentalists." Rather than having anything at all to do with religion or Islam, suicide bombing is a military tactic of last resort (as we saw in the Japanese example during WWI) and it is, moreover, focused and rational. It should be somewhat reassuring to those of us who feel that freedom of expression is at risk in our nation that C-Span broadcast Pape's talk based on his book and followed that talk by a distinguished panel discussion in which the consensus that clearly emerged was in keeping with the real gist of Pape's work, viz., that suicide attacks are a response to the occupation of the Arabian peninsula by the military forces of the U.S. and its allies. It is my hope that each time a know-nothing politician--or anyone else for that matter--uses the term "Islamic fundamentalist" he or she will be confronted by a large number of people waving Pape's book in their faces. In addition to making it clear that suicide bombing is not religion based and not the work of irrational fanatics, the third most striking argument Pape makes (actually more a sharp observation than an argument) is that not a single suicide bomber has come out of Iran. Let's try to remember, ladies and gentleman, the users and coiners of doublespeak don't need to own the language--if we make a real effort to challenge big lies, little lies, rainstorms of lies, disingenuous speech and double talk each and every time we are in their presence.