I was diagnosed with PTSD and dissociative disorder many years ago related to my first husband’s death, and it took a long time to get through. I know what it is be a victim of a crime and to deal with terror and fear. So to have the press – as I see it – usesuch a serious issue in this way… when this guy experienced nothing like that himself; he sat in an air conditioned office and simply listened to people who had genuinely suffered… eh, hard to describe but suffice to say it is infuriating. If they’re doing it cynically, I can’t overstate how despicable I find it. If they are just that much in denial about radical Islam, then I really do weep for the future.

My son in law starts his Iraq deployment in January. At 21, he is more of a man than this bastard ever will be.

They have perceived the threat to their survival and they know that their “captors” (terrorist extremists) are willing to act on that threat.

Their perception of small kindnesses from those “captors” within the overarching context of terror inflicted by the terrorists. (releasing a captured journalist – alive – for a ransom payment of course).

Their self enforced isolation from any perspectives other than that which offers apologia of the terrorist extremist “captors”. (the off-the-record online meeting space called JournoList is but one example of the self-enforced isolated media echo-chamber mentality).

Their perceived inability to escape. (One world, nowhere to run).

Another name for Stockholm Syndrome is cognitive dissonance.

Even if you intended to be a bit tongue-in-cheek with your diagnosis of a mental disorder, I think you have actually hit the nail squarely on the head.