Crayon Therapy For Terrorists

It's worse than you probably thought.

A cushy Saudi Arabian "rehab" center where terrorists are encouraged to express themselves through crayon drawings, water sports and video games is under scrutiny after one of its graduates re-emerged as a leader in the al Qaeda branch claiming responsibility for trying to blow up an airliner on Christmas.

Said Ali al Shihri -- a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who now heads the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- obviously didn't get to the bottom of his America-hating issues while undergoing the controversial rehab for jihadists.

Jihadists paint and draw in art therapy class. This re-education didn’t transform ex-Gitmo inmate Said Ali al Shihri (inset) into an apostle of peace; he now leads Yemeni al Qaeda.

Inmates like Shihri are supposed to while away the days playing ping-pong, PlayStation and soccer in hopes that the peaceful environment will help them cope with their jihadist rages.

Bomb-makers and gunmen participate in art therapy to help them explore their feelings non-violently.

Whoever thought that kindergarten level getting-in-touch-with-your-feelings therapy would work needs therapy themselves and reintegration into the reality based world.

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I personally prefer the Jack Bauer approach.