Martyrdom beckons Lebanese teen, but she really wants to direct
To answer delusions that some people may have about how ALL Muslims just want peace, here is an interesting article about how kids are getting brain-washed by Hezbollah about going straight to heaven by become a suicide bomber.
Of course, most of the Arabs do not think like this. But the point I am trying to make is that some do, and they do threaten the existence of state of Israel. While all of the people were marching claiming Israel is 'ravaging' through Lebanon in 2006, saying that Israel is killing innocent civilians was this what they were marching for? Is this what those "peace" demonstrators expect to come out from the war? Generation of kids taught to hate? I doubt it.
War should be the absolute last means of resort. Nothing is more valuable than a human life. But, in some cases, one has to defend itself, and if you do not -- then you end up being eliminated. Sad but true facts given the historical evidence.
So next time anybody engages in chants of "Free Free Palestine" -- this suicide for young kids is what you support. Think about it. This complex situation is not as simple as making Israel look like a bad evil country whose only goal is to kill as many civilians as possible. Learn, look at facts, study history and only then make up your mind. Israel is far from perfect but the country is absolutely not what it is being portrayed by BBC's or AlJazeera's of the world.
Also, just because a lot of "progressives" you know that you agree on a lot of issues with are anti-Israeli does not mean that they have a good reason. A lot of people do not look at facts, but unfortunately, only read things that they want to hear. Think different.
A few memorable quotes from the article:
Aspiring filmmaker Hiba Qassir is about to graduate from a Hezbollah-backed high school. She loves movies, but would give up her career dream if offered the chance to be a suicide bomber.
Reporting from Tyre, Lebanon -- Hiba Qassir dreams of making movies. She's ambitious and precocious enough. At 18, she's taught herself how to edit video and sound on a computer, and has her sights set on directing gripping social and psychological dramas.
But if the movie business doesn't work out, that's OK. She has other dreams: perhaps to become a cop or a pilot. Or maybe a suicide bomber.
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"Martyrdom is the shortest way to heaven, and the history of martyrdom is not like any history," Hiba says. "It made victory. We wouldn't have achieved victory without these martyrdoms."
Hiba wears a colorful head scarf and faded bluejeans and running shoes under a black cloak as she gives a tour of Hezbollah's annual "martyrdom" exhibit here in this southern port city.
Cheery and rosy-cheeked, she helpfully guides visitors past mannequins of guerrilla fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, and placards chronicling suicide operations against Israeli troops during the Jewish state's two-decade occupation of southern Lebanon. Recorded sounds of machine-gun fire, helicopters and walkie-talkie chatter fill the halls of a drab brick community center on the outskirts of Tyre.
"Here is some information about each martyrdom operation," she informs a small tour group.
...
"Let's speak logically," she says. "The path of each person is not decided by us, and our years are limited by God's wants, so if it was offered to me to die as a martyr, it's better than to live life with all its sins."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hiba13-2009jan13,0,1944299.story
Of course, most of the Arabs do not think like this. But the point I am trying to make is that some do, and they do threaten the existence of state of Israel. While all of the people were marching claiming Israel is 'ravaging' through Lebanon in 2006, saying that Israel is killing innocent civilians was this what they were marching for? Is this what those "peace" demonstrators expect to come out from the war? Generation of kids taught to hate? I doubt it.
War should be the absolute last means of resort. Nothing is more valuable than a human life. But, in some cases, one has to defend itself, and if you do not -- then you end up being eliminated. Sad but true facts given the historical evidence.
So next time anybody engages in chants of "Free Free Palestine" -- this suicide for young kids is what you support. Think about it. This complex situation is not as simple as making Israel look like a bad evil country whose only goal is to kill as many civilians as possible. Learn, look at facts, study history and only then make up your mind. Israel is far from perfect but the country is absolutely not what it is being portrayed by BBC's or AlJazeera's of the world.
Also, just because a lot of "progressives" you know that you agree on a lot of issues with are anti-Israeli does not mean that they have a good reason. A lot of people do not look at facts, but unfortunately, only read things that they want to hear. Think different.
A few memorable quotes from the article:
Aspiring filmmaker Hiba Qassir is about to graduate from a Hezbollah-backed high school. She loves movies, but would give up her career dream if offered the chance to be a suicide bomber.
Reporting from Tyre, Lebanon -- Hiba Qassir dreams of making movies. She's ambitious and precocious enough. At 18, she's taught herself how to edit video and sound on a computer, and has her sights set on directing gripping social and psychological dramas.
But if the movie business doesn't work out, that's OK. She has other dreams: perhaps to become a cop or a pilot. Or maybe a suicide bomber.
...
"Martyrdom is the shortest way to heaven, and the history of martyrdom is not like any history," Hiba says. "It made victory. We wouldn't have achieved victory without these martyrdoms."
Hiba wears a colorful head scarf and faded bluejeans and running shoes under a black cloak as she gives a tour of Hezbollah's annual "martyrdom" exhibit here in this southern port city.
Cheery and rosy-cheeked, she helpfully guides visitors past mannequins of guerrilla fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, and placards chronicling suicide operations against Israeli troops during the Jewish state's two-decade occupation of southern Lebanon. Recorded sounds of machine-gun fire, helicopters and walkie-talkie chatter fill the halls of a drab brick community center on the outskirts of Tyre.
"Here is some information about each martyrdom operation," she informs a small tour group.
...
"Let's speak logically," she says. "The path of each person is not decided by us, and our years are limited by God's wants, so if it was offered to me to die as a martyr, it's better than to live life with all its sins."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hiba13-2009jan13,0,1944299.story