The jihadis aim to provoke. They wish to make us act like monsters, perhaps because they need a monstrous society in which to thrive. They may yet succeed in awakening our particular inner demons, but for now it is thankfully still not possible to give an American unit orders to slaughter a terrorist's family or indeed village and have them obey it.
But that's not true of all of our allies, some of whom are Russians (often inept but often brutal) and Ghurkas (never inept and very tough fighters). So what are they thinking when they slaughter Nepalese and threaten to slaughter Russian children?
Posted by Jeff at September 2, 2004 09:41 AM | Link CosmosJihadis often make me think of my younger brother who would try to provoke me just to get my attention, even if the end result was anger. Unfortunately for them, some dumb moves by a variety of American Presidents have set up the belief that they will get away with it next time.
Posted by: Oscar on September 2, 2004 04:46 PMI* am a doctor and consider that it is good to save lifes. So what have done mujaheeds - this is saving lifes. Yes - saving much better lifes of moslems . It is obvious that Jihaad is going on in Iraq and uninvited kafeers come either to fight iraqis or support fighters. Actually no difference between them. They all are doing criminal job - it is wellknown that coalition forces killed thousands !!!! of innocent children. Their parents did not invite armed enemies and their supporters. All kafeers - do not come to Iraq.
Brave words for someone in Azerbaijan. But don't worry: we'll find time for you, too, eventually.