The self-loathing required to be a terrorist

For most normal parents, it’s beyond their comprehension that anyone would send their child to summer camps which train their young to become bloodthirsty terrorists.  It is the place where they will learn that Israelis are the enemy they must hate and destroy, as they master the tactics of armed warfare even before they reach their teens. 

And while they hope to live long enough to see a Jew-free Middle East, knowing that they could easily end up becoming a shahid – (holy martyr) there is one thing they most likely never hear from their mentors.

That is the requirement of self-loathing, along with the abandonment of a future, which includes the aspiration of a satisfying career, falling in love, establishing a family, having children and living a life with purpose and joy. 

Because the reality is that if you’re going to kidnap hundreds of citizens and hold them hostage, in underground tunnels, which are unfit for animals, let alone human beings, someone has to be there right along side of them to make sure that they don’t escape.  In other words, the living nightmare of these captives is also going to become a living nightmare for those holding them. The only difference is that they signed up for it.

When we think about the hostages, who haven’t seen daylight for well over one year, none of us ever thinks about their captors, and why should we?  We only ponder the plight of these poor souls who haven’t had a decent meal, in all that time, nor slept in a comfortable bed or have been able to shower.  They haven’t been able to seek needed medical or dental treatment, along with so many other things that we take for granted each day. 

As those held in captivity, they have no choice.  They were taken by force and made to live in the worst hell ever known to man. But what is so perverse about this, is the thought that anyone else would choose to live the same way if they didn’t have to.

But because they do, it would seem that terrorists believe their lives are so devoid of value and worth, that living in hell, without sunshine, shivering in the cold of winter and sweltering in the heat of the summer, is a price worth paying. 

This is the type of demonic deception which has taken hold of their minds, convincing them that life is not worth living nor is each day a precious gift which has been given to them in order to contribute something positive to humanity. 

From a tender age, these children, who are cultivated to be monstrous killing machines, without a conscience, are taught to view life through the prism of the greatness of destruction, the virtue of total obedience to a system that glorifies death and the goal of subjugating all mankind to a life of bondage.

Consequently, the requirement to excel as a terrorist, is the need for self-loathing, to the point where the gift of life is held in contempt, cheapened, scorned and disrespected, rather than looked upon with gratitude and the obligation, felt by most of us, to give back something which will benefit our fellow earthly sojourners.

The difference couldn’t be starker between those who hold life with high esteem, in contrast to those who see it as a useful opportunity to inflict the worst pain and suffering upon others.  The two are in total opposition to one another, representing the clearest picture of good vs. evil.

Sadly, it begins as an insidious process which first captures the will of parents, who willingly cooperate, by offering up their children on the altar of sacrifice to a cruel god who requires their blood.  Because, without parental consent, these children would not be the fruits of evil fiends who view each new generation as the cannon fodder needed to fight a merciless battle which they will never win. 

But winning may not even be the goal, because if they can kill, maim and injure as many of their victims as possible, they already consider that to be a victory, regardless of how many young lives are lost on their side.

The deadly ideology, which is being inculcated, among the so-called Palestinian people, emanates from their erroneous belief that by killing Jews, they will have earned entrance into paradise, the place where one makes up for the wasted years that they could have enjoyed but, instead, devoted their entire being to the destruction of Eretz Israel (the land of Israel).

Here’s a message to those who still hold out hope that these people can live peaceably with their Jewish neighbors.  No such scenario will ever be possible, without a complete cleansing of this pernicious belief – which devalues life, seeing it as totally expendable on both sides.  How can anyone imagine a positive result, when death is looked upon as a favorable outcome?

Until these parents stop procreating, for the purpose of supplying human ammunition, there can be no expectation of mutual respect, shared basic values or any code of ethics greater than the animal kingdom, which has the natural instinct of protecting their young.

This is why we can conclude that there is an evil and demonic spirit behind those who are unable to see creation through the eyes of God, understanding its intrinsic value of the miracle of life and all it offers.  It is a one-time offer which holds a treasure trove of possibility and wonder.  Even those who were born without privilege, or under much disadvantage, have succeeded in overcoming their circumstances by striving for excellence and distinction.  Achieving greatness is within the grasp of those who desire it, but it is preceded by properly estimating the value of life – otherwise there is no incentive to accomplish anything.

Those terrorists, who have been willing to live in the pit of hell, watching their captives die a slow and torturous death, have, in essence, spit in the face of their Creator who formed them from the womb to be a blessing to others.  Instead, they chose the path of destruction and death, which is where they are headed for all of eternity, because their hatred for everyone else ended up blanketing their own souls.

This is the self-loathing portrait of life devoted to evil – led by the darkest demons whose hatred for God’s creation is bent on destroying us all!