Doublespeak.

I'd come across an article in the print media about a will written by Osama Bin Laden, the architect of the 9/11 destruction of the twin towers of New York. To me, it's the best example of a combination of doublespeak and akrasia!

While he'd ruthlessly recruited young children into the Al Quida to spread terror across the world, in this will of his, he's supposed to have forbidden his children from joining the dreaded outfit! Just goes to show that, deep within him, he was aware of the fact that his calls for 'jehad' were not right! And moreover, he wanted his children to be good, law abiding citizens!! To facilitate this, he's asked his wives not to remarry so that they're able to concentrate on their upbringing. And what about those youngsters whom he'd trained to be the 'merchants of terror'? They be damned, huh! What fine doublespeak, this?

Osama, to my mind, was also aware of the violent and untimely death that was awaiting him but continued to do the ghastly things and wreak havoc all over the world. Wonder what sort of life did he lead through the last few years, as a fugitive, in Abottabad expecting the knock of death anytime on his door? And it eventually visited him in the wee hours of the morning, last Monday, in the form of the US Special Ops squad! A sure case of Akrasia - doing things, fully aware of the endgame!!