Aspiration, not desperation

[GabysPoppy]

I always wanted to be the first woman who sacrifices her life for Allah. My joy will be complete when my body parts fly in all directions.

These are the words of female suicide terrorist Reem Reyashi, videotaped just before she killed four Israelis and herself two weeks ago in Gaza.
What is surprising about this horrific statement is that she put a positive value on her dismemberment and death, distinct from her goal to kill others.

She was driven by her aspiration to achieve what the Palestinians call "shahada," death for Allah. She had two distinct goals: To kill and to be killed. These independent objectives, both positive in her mind, were goals greater than her obligations and emotional ties to her two children.

This aspiration to die, which contradicts the basic human instinct for survival, is at the core of the suicide terrorism fervor. Only when this death worship component is recognized as a basic tenet of Palestinian belief will it be possible to understand the challenges Israel and the world face from suicide terror.

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[Gimel]

1. Another

"Snow White and the Madness of Truth". Such transcendent thoughts, without a bit of conscience of the murder she is about to commit.

[drdon326]

2. "To kill and to be killed"

like a death cult.

great article.

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[Resistance]

4. what?

[DuctapeFatwa]

5. An aspiration is to die is a pretty classic definition of desperation

When one's reality is that the best and most valuable contribution one can make, the greatest service one can do for one's country is to die, it is hard to make a credible argument that greater desperation is possible.