De ja vu

Submitted by Nura (United States), May 15, 2008 at 11:43

De ja vu,

I guess this is the best you can do, Erico. Repeat the repeated. Evidently you do not understand a word I said. This is why the dialogue between the Islam and West is so unsuccessful. You use terms such as "suicide" to describe an act in war: " A suicide attack is an attack upon a military or civilian target, in which an attacker intends to kill others, knowing that he or she will either certainly or most likely die in the process." Wikipedia

My argument is that people who are committing these acts do not see themselves as suicide bombers, but heroes. This act is a phenomenon within the people of Islam. In the war with Italians in North Africa, the Mujahids would tie there legs to their waist so that they could not run from battle. The West said that they were "suicidal," however this could not have been farther from the truth. They commanded from themselves victory or death, this is what Islam teaches in fighting oppression. Oppression is worse than slaughter.

Furthermore, dropping a bomb from a plane is more honorable? Amazing the hypocrisy!!!! Okay, the plan is not "Targeting" civilians. This is ethical blah blah. By the way civilian casualties are very important in war. It wins wars!!! We can look at Hiroshima in World war II and know this. That is why, to this day, that nuclear bomb is considered "ethical" it changed the tide of the war. Consequential ethical calculations.

Let's continue with bomb dropping. Do Jihadist drop bombs? Do they have tanks? When was "suicide bombs" first seen? Suicide bombing within Islam is a phenomenon that has developed in Palestine!! Why? Not because people WANT to die, but because this has been the most effective way of fighting their occupier and they were being killed anyway!! They didn't have an army, planes, tanks, or weapons. They had rocks and their bodies. They still have rocks and their bodies, maybe a few more weapons, but against the Entire Israeli army? Despite what I believe, oppression is the cause of this phenomenon. It proves not that they are monsters, but that they are desperate for freedom. The monsters are those who commit worse acts, kill more innocents, torture, who have planes, bombs, tanks, and bulldozers, who shoot and kill rock throwing boys, who have LEADERSHIP!! Who are the leaders of these People? The Muslim world? Every human has the right to defend his life, property, and family. You are complaining about a handful of fighters with in the Muslim world when Muslim blood in the most spilt on this entire EARTH today. Then you complain about resistance. The threat of ISLAM. These fighters are fugitives in their OWN homelands. They are young men with dreams of liberating their homes from the influence and occupation of the West. This is a defensive war, as Jihad is.

No, I will not teach my children to be "suicide bombers". I believe that there is a better way to resist. I believe that it mounts from anger and frustration, however, they will be taught to fight in what they believe in.

Erico, Al-Jazeera in the best news on the planet!! That why their news station was bombed by the U.S!! That is one of their own is in Guantanamo Bay as we speak!! I guess CNN,FOX,ABC is better news!!! You should now that these same stations relied on photographs from Al-Jazeera during the beginning of the Iraq war, Afghanistan, Palestine… Sure blame the media when it actually shows the truth!!! Yes, it's making people angry. It should. It's the truth!!! yes, I have had the experience to watch it. My husband translates it because I cannot understand Arabic. I stopped watching it because of the anger and hurt it caused me. I can see the pictures. I can hear the screams and little boys saying "There is no God but Allah," before he falls silent. People being picked up in pieces. Are the pictures fraud? You talk about heads being sawed off!!! What about the other pictures Erico? The pictures of the sexual perversions and torture of Muslims? The pictures of charred Muslim children? EVERYDAY!!! Every single day you see pictures of dead Muslims. No! I do not like to see the death of any human being, but the death of my brothers and sisters are far more hurtful. When will people understand that Muslims are One extended family. We all are hurt and angry beyond your understanding or Imagination. It only mounts day by day.

The West is pushing more towards a police state. There are allot of theories on this. Controlling the media is one the ploys of control. That is why THEY must control it. Come on Erico, how can you fall for that one? Oh, what enlightenment awaits the constituents of the West!!!

On a final note: There are over 1 billion Muslims in this world. If we were all animals, violent, monsters following an evil religion, every city, nation, in this world would be burning. You should pray, as I pray, that this inevitable conflict does not happen in our life times or the life-times of our children.

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