We must be aware with whom we are dealing!

Submitted by Moshe (Israel), Feb 4, 2007 at 09:48

"Right now I'm in a state of hopelessness after seeing, once again, a Palestinian mother celebrating the suicide bombing of her son.

If something as basic as a mother's instinct to love and protect her children has been warped to this extent, I'm at a loss for words."

Dear Terry, as terribly depressing and repulsive this phenomenon is for you (and also for the rest of us) you must keep in mind that this is part of their traditional "culture". From early childhood they are educated, or rather brain washed, that as individuals they are worthless and the only way to earn some meaning and personal value is by sacrificing their lives for the cause of their "Holy Jihad". They have sunk into such deep levels of satanic inhumanity that for us it is indeed mind boggling, and hard to comprehend. They in fact are very proud of their barbaric inhumanity or as succinctly formulated by the leaders of their terrorist gangs they are boasting: "you love life, we love death!"

And it's very important to be aware also that this is not a recent, new phenomenon brought about by the "oppression" by the West, or a reaction to it, as many Muslim terror apologists are trying to convince us, and as our leftist liberals are trying to understand them. It is part of a time honored Muslim tradition and death culture which goes back to the dawn of Islam. Even the word "assassin" in our vocabulary has its origin in a murderous Muslim sect called "Hashshashin" which was active in the 8^th to 14^th centuries, and which specialized in political suicide-murder attacks.

Terry, as sad as it is, we must be aware with whom we are dealing!

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