In order to be crazy enough to kill yourself you have to be just that.. CRAZY. EVILNESS is not a rationale that ANYBODY uses. YOu will never find a single person in the world saying they do something because they are evil. They truly believe they are doing right.. Do you honestly believe that a man could kill himself if he did not believe it was the RIGHT THING TO DO??
Of course not. The PROBLEM is that SOMEHOW they are being cajoled by clerics into believing that it is the right thing to do. How is that possible?
Well for one thing if you are born and grow up in a nation and see nothing but conflict from the day you are born.. well then probably your values and priorities will be different from say a New Yorker.
The Iraqis were a subdued and terrorised peopleunder Saddam. No doubt about that. They also saw 10 years of brutal war with Iran ( funded by the US ON BOTH SIDES). Likewise they suffered hunger and pain as a result of the UN sanctions.
SO here we have a population that has been bullied around for decades. TODAY they have no leader, they have no clear identity ( What is an Iraqi without Saddam? Nobody knows since Iraq is a mix of several ethnicities and religions), they have no infrastructure, they have no control over their resources, they have no idea who will be in power in the future ( Saddam made sure he killed off all competent leaders) and MOST OF ALL, they have foreigners moving about the land as invaders.
I am not arguing the validity of the war here. However you have to accept that the circumstances caused by decades under saddam, followed by a ill-concieved, badly planned, unrealistic, unilateral invasion MIGHT JUST BE ENOUGH to send a couple of people over the edge.
Likewise with the Palestinians. Having lived as refugees and second class humans in their own land for almost 60 years can HARDLY be healthy for young minds. The people of Gaza do not see international politics. They see Israelis taking their lands and killing their people. They are hungry, homeless, jobless and in many cases completely without hope.
A man kills himself when he feels he has nothing to lose and everything to gain. The PROBLEM to be adressed is how these people get to that point. THAT will cure the disease.. otherwise you are only dealing with symptoms.
However if you believe that some humans are just plain evil, then i guess none of what i say makes sense. But i would be sad if anybody felt that way. I think that is selling humanity short. Love for all, Hatred for none |