The man on the tape raised his hand, pointing a finger into the camera, his AK-47 raised at his side, punctuating every threat and accusation. He seemed consumed with the intense desire not only to declare his intentions, but earnest in his attempts to persuade his threatened audiences of their culpability in his group's future aggression upon them. Like a serial killer, shouting obscenities into the ear of his victim, blaming her for what womankind's rejections had made of him, forced him to become, as he puts the rope around her neck. Yet this country and others are not only dealing with one serial killer, but thousands. Thousands, whose representatives shout proud pronouncements of fatwas and death to world audiences, becoming caricatures of themselves by the proliferation of their messages and their insatiable need for the eye of the camera.
The inevitable analysis and debate about the meaning behind the thug's words and the relevance of them to the threatened audiences always ensues and I wonder, not if the U.S. or Russia or Iraq or any other country caught up in the drama of the tyrannical ones, are responsible for the terrorist actions against them or whether the terrorists hate them or if this worldwide struggle is actually about Islam and its struggle with itself. To me all those arguments are almost irrelevant.
For eons countries and individuals have consumed themselves in hatreds and wars, and death and destruction. Peoples have been oppressed, persecuted, murdered and executed by governments, occupiers, tribes, and every group or faction that ever existed with murderous, xenophobic tendencies. And for just as long insurgencies have been seeded, and resistance has fomented hatred and rebellion to authorities have existed.
What strikes me is not the validity or invalidity of the terrorists cause, but the sheer arrogance of it. The al-Qaida madman with an Australian accent proclaiming "It is time for us to be equals. As you kill, you will be killed. As you bomb, you will be bombed." The Chechen fiend admitting his depravity in the killing of children but justifying it by citing the Russians' even more. The murderer in Iraq declaring his right to remove the head of yet another innocent person caught up in the insanity of his groups existence upon this earth. All spewing the tenets of their causes, all citing the moral imperative of their actions, all killing the innocent for the sake of the guilty.
How like the BTK killer they are. Bind them, Torture them, Kill them.
The sheer arrogance of thinking that an injustice to their people warrants the death of an innocent person is astounding. And to claim that God would condone the deaths of innocents just for their sake is insane.
No matter what the injustice, what atrocities, what unspeakable acts of aggression one group has and is liable to inflict upon another, the killing of innocents is never justified. Never. And the punishment of the guilty, in a civilized society, is only done by decree from a court of law. (Something the U.S. and Britain need keep in mind.)
But of course, the terrorists, like serial killers, have an answer for this. In their arrogance they deem themselves the judge, jury and executioner of the guilty. And to them all are guilty. The innocent are never innocent. They're complicit, taking the part of the perceived guilty, collaborating with the enemy, sharing the genetic pool of the perpetrators. No one is innocent in their eyes, nothing is pure, only their cause.
There is a wisdom that exists in the world that is only discovered by people willing to accept the truth about themselves and others. And it is this: Excluding all rational and real evidence to the contrary, people see what they are. They see others and the world through the lens of their own prejudice, their own fear, their own hatred, their own malice. Thus, Bin Laden calling the White House "a gang of serial killers" in an audiotape in 2002. The terrorists, in judging the administration have already judged themselves, and in seeing no innocence in others, have also revealed that there is none in them.
Let us see rationally and by the evidence of their actions and the words that they speak what the terrorists truly are. Killers, who have ritualized and executed their bombings, kidnappings, tortures and beheadings, following an internal as well as external call to madness. Let us learn by the way law enforcement deals with serial killers. They talk with them only to find out where the bodies are buried and who the victims are. They never sympathize with their cause, they never condone their actions, and they never allow their justifications that go on and on to sway them.
And as these serial killers seek to explain the reasons for their murders, nearby local governments of the affected state don't issue statements claiming the state's policies were responsible for their actions. It would be ridiculous if they did. Let us clearly see that just as there is no justification in the serial killer's explanation, there is none in the cause of the terrorist's, just the ranting and ravings of murderers who are certain that they are more important than the innocent. That what happens to them is of such worldwide significance, that vengeance of it warrants the deaths of thousands.
eco-friendly cleaning service Buffalo Grove ..MUD ? Much Unnecessary DisclosureThe Federal Trade Commission recently asserted... Read More
In response to Douglas Bower's article; Logic Class 101 Applied... Read More
When we go through periods of droughts we also have... Read More
Alexander Hamilton ? Policy Separated from Politics:I am related to... Read More
Businesses advertising alcohol either in TV or non-broadcast format need... Read More
The City of Portland is going after any small business,... Read More
This is the beginning of the end for the man... Read More
Presently Universities and Private Enterprise are working to build more... Read More
Currently the United States has weapons, which can shoot around... Read More
Is the only way to fight Fundamentalist Extremists becoming one... Read More
We all know Elliot Spitzer is going to run for... Read More
With respect to the States' databases, you may not locate... Read More
Wealth Distribution is often discussed at length in periodicals such... Read More
It appears we are having a terrible situation with the... Read More
Predicting the future is a tricky business. There have been... Read More
All UAVs Need a Self Destruct BLOS DeviceWhat do you... Read More
President Bush's selection of the Hon. John Roberts is an... Read More
Telemarketing and DO NOT CALL lists sure made headlines, but... Read More
We are slowing the transportation flows of our civilization by... Read More
With the world's largest oil and natural gas reserves, second... Read More
The UnbornWith all this cloning in the news one can't... Read More
The globalist's are the new breed, the new generation if... Read More
Well many have complained that the FBI and CIA dropped... Read More
Guides for RetailersThe regulations about marketing pearls are listed in... Read More
"Like humans void of soul or mind, they jeered and... Read More
express cleaning service Arlington Heights ..Thought of the day; Questions about the judicial system. If... Read More
Many people who are expert in the issue of the... Read More
IN A DAY AND AGE where one voice screaming among... Read More
Rule of Thumb for exporting technology. The American People need... Read More
In order to build a stronger, more self-sufficient America, America... Read More
IT'S NO LONGER NEWS THAT CHINA IS BECOMING A MAJOR... Read More
Why President Bush should have his second term? The arguments... Read More
History repeats itself, goes the cliche. It does so, perhaps,... Read More
Every conflict has its economic moments and dimensions. The current... Read More
Freedom is in the eyes of the beholder. In Communist... Read More
Government budgets represent between 25% and 50% of he Gross... Read More
The United States is losing its industrial capacity quite rapidly.... Read More
In typical bureaucratese, the pensive EBRD analyst ventures with the... Read More
..."history may judge us to be the real bully if,... Read More
Reform Social Security has been talked of Capital Hill for... Read More
All government regulators or diplomat who are in high risk... Read More
It is a law that we register deadly weapons with... Read More
The great leader and Senator from New York and wife... Read More
Quit paying the DEA to chase marijuana. We could save... Read More
The Flow of Trade is a major consideration of civilizations... Read More
Airlines do not allow cell phones on board, but they... Read More
I would like to pose a question. I am unsure... Read More
Last week, the media coverage called the airplane crash in... Read More
The filibuster has been a tool available to U.S. Senators... Read More
We are having a problem in America with Public Notaries,... Read More
Political |