I’ve been getting on to Mr. Ex for not writing on the blog lately. I guess work and general summer relaxation are more important. His typical response is “Why don’t YOU write something on the blog?” To which I reply “I don’t know what to write.” And then we drop the subject for a while.
After a week with no air conditioning (in 90-100 degree weather I might add) we finally have a new A/C and I’m able to think a little more clearly so here’s one thing that’s been on my mind:
The general secretary of Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrallah, has summed up the battle we face on all fronts, “We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are the most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what we shall take away from them. We are going to win because they love life and we love death.”
This is a sentiment shared by many Islamic terrorists. Now in some of the quotes I found, the wording is slightly different. Sometimes the Islamists say that they love the “hereafter” more than this world and that their opponents live only for the present. I could almost buy into that view. As a Christian I know that this world is not my home, I’m just-a-passing through. But I do not love death. I do not delight in the death, destruction, or suffering of anyone. I don’t cheer and dance in the streets even when we hear that terrorists were killed, let alone innocent civilians.
And whatever you may think of the Israeli or American military and its objectives, we all know good and well that they don’t deliberately target civilians with bombs loaded with ball bearings and nails:
Some of the rockets can carry as much as 132 pounds of high explosives and hold as many as 50,000 metal ball bearings. [Israeli Deputy Police Chief, Brig. Gen. Dov] Lutzski said a single ball bearing can fly up to a half-mile. “It comes at you like a bullet from a rifle,” he said.
So here we have a group of people who love death. How far will they go to prove their love? They sacrifice their children. They teach their children that it is honorable and desirable to kill oneself along with as many infidels as possible. They place their children in harm’s way either by hiding behind them or locating rocket launchers and other military assets near schools and hospitals. They prevent the civilian population from fleeing danger either to maintain a human shield or maximize “atrocities” — maybe both.
I am reminded of the idol-worshippers of the Old Testament who worshipped Baal and Molech. I could just call them stupid since the Proverb states “all who hate me (wisdom) love death.“
I will not get into an argument about whether this is a small segment of Islam or whether the Christian Crusades were just as bad. It really doesn’t matter. At the moment, there are no Christian Crusades wreaking havoc in the Holy Lands and whether or not all Muslims are terrorists, the entire nation of Lebanon and its neighbors have been unwilling and unable to prevent Hezbollah from becoming what it is today.
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Didn’t this entire Hizbullah - Israel fiasco start becasue Hisbullah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in Lebanon?
Hmmm! What were Israeli soldiers doing in another country? Maybe if Israel really wants peace (which I doubt), they would keep their soldiers out of other countries.
Any ways, it is good to see you back writing AND you are right, as Christians we should never delight in death.
Rex, thank you for your continued interest in this blog. In answer to your question, I came across this quote from an article by Robert Tracinski today.
So that justifies such a reaction.
I am not sure I would buy into such an excuse if I was the innocent bystandard on the receiving end of Israel’s military campaign (regardless of the intentionality).
I know that Hezbollah is guilty of many atrocities and injustices and I am not trying to defend them, but Israel is guilty of wrong too.
Politicians and Religous experts can argue back and forth who is to blame for the constant violence in the middle east. But in the end it is like two boys fighting, you only can see each boy striking the other with their fist and suddenly you know longer care about who started what and who provoked who. In the end the only thing you see is wrong being carried out by both. And as we all know, two wrongs never make things right.
It’s not uncommon for people outside the neighbourhood to get it upside down.
Hezbollah have devoted six years to digging in and provisioning hundreds of bunkers, an astonishing arsenal of missiles, and state-of-the-art killing equipment, all of this in the midst (but literally) of Lebanese villages. On 12th July, they lit the fuse by raiding Israel and kidnapping Israeli soldiers on routine guard duty. The timing was Hizbollah’s, and the outcome was precisely the one they wanted. Nasrullah, the maestro who has presided so effectively over the dismantlement of his native Lebanon, said on that day that the abductions of the Israelis from Israel were “our natural, only and logical right.”
So it’s all about rights, and nothing to do with deep millenial hatred. What a relief.
Thank you for your comments. I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of months now. My heart and prayers go out to you and your family in Israel.
Regardless of who is to blame for the fighting this time. It seems hard to conclude that Israel bears no responsibility for wrong doing. Further more, if Israel did not insist on occupying land that was no longer theirs, would their be any problems.
But once again, it matters not who is ultimately to blame. Both parties share the responsibilities for the wrongs.
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