Coldblooded Killers

Recently, another videotape of the "terrorists beheading a hostage with a knife" variety has been released for the world to view. I've chosen not to watch any of these videos. The written descriptions are gruesome enough for me to be repulsed and sickened.

One more time, the hostage takers have shown us who they are. They have shown us their capacity for hatred, their capacity for violence and their complete disregard for human suffering and human life. One more time we have been given a glimpse of the opposite world view.

In America we are willing to fight and die to give freedom to those who are oppressed. On the other side of the world these sickening killers are willing to fight and die to take away freedom. In America we are taught to love everyone and be kind to others. On the other side of the world children are taught to hate those who are different than they are and that to kill a Jew or an American is no different than killing a pig or a dog. In America we give of our wealth, individually and as a nation, to help those less fortunate around the world. On the other side of the world the wealthy donate to those who would bring harm to America and her allies.

As always, the caveat is that not all Muslims hate and not all arabs are terrorists. However, for those that do hate, there can be no middle ground. There will be no peaceful coexistence. There will be no tolerance. They are sending that message very plainly, written in the blood of innocent workers.

To measure the depths of this hatred imagine yourself holding a knife and cutting the throat of a man whose hands are tied and who is sobbing, begging you for mercy. Imagine his blood and his screams fading away as he dies literally, under your knife. It is a horror beyond words, beyond comprehension. But it is the most eloquent description that those terrorists have given us of themselves.