In Reply to: A thoughtful post posted by dave c on May 2, 2006 at 16:35:40:
point to Islam and the promise of the virgins as the primary motivation for suicide bombers. Ah, that's it! They're religious fanatics! They don't value life as we do, either others or theirs.
A rudimentary familiarity with history shows the commonality of these views among adversaries.
Certainly, religion plays a part---- that of consolation. The motivation, of course, is the passionate belief that this is the only way left to make the enemy feel, no matter how small or short-lived, some of the pain which Palestinians have felt for many, many decades.
The tragedy in the situation is that Israelis, at least the older ones, also suffered terribly but NOT at the hands of Arabs.
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Follow Ups
- It is rather interesting in a macabre way that many Americans and Israelis - tinear 17:47:35 05/02/06 (3)
- You are seeking a comfortable refuge - Victor Khomenko 06:03:20 05/03/06 (1)
- Nearly worth reading for Vic's handbook of racist hate. nt - dave c 06:26:19 05/03/06 (0)
- The way Nazis chose to portray Jews as sub-human is pretty much how people like Victor choose to portray Palestinians - dave c 18:32:45 05/02/06 (0)