The Religion of Peace.... isn't

Uncle Ben from Hammerswing75 had some horrible news today...

It appears that a family friend of his parents, a peace activist from Britain, was abducted in Iraq along with other peace activists. From here:

Two others, Tom Fox, 51, of Clearbrook, Va., and long-time British peace activist, Norman Kember, 74, were also among those abducted, the group said in a statement Tuesday.

Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera broadcast images earlier in the day believed to be of the four captives.

The footage, rebroadcast on Canadian and American television networks, showed the four dishevelled Westerners seated with their backs against a wall. All appeared to be conscious.

According to the al-Jazeera report, a group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade claimed responsibility for the kidnappings and has accused the four of being spies working undercover as Christian peace activists.

The group said Tuesday its members were aware of the risks of doing humanitarian work in war-torn nations but “feel the threat does not outweigh the potential benefit of remaining.”

The CPT went on to say it was “very saddened” by the kidnappings, arguing it had worked for the rights of Iraqi prisoners who have been illegally detained and abused by the U.S. government.

“We were the first people to publicly denounce the torture of Iraqi people at the hands of U.S. forces, long before the Western media admitted what was happening at Abu Ghraib,” the group said in its statement.

Somehow, unfortunately, good intentions, no matter how noble in their geneses, are lost on the evil ones that those intentions target; and those evildoers maintain a nasty tendency of exploiting, or even downright scoffing or laughing at well-intentioned "benefactors." The old parable about the scorpion and the turtle comes to mind.

It is my sincere hope that these bastards are hunted down and shot. This may indeed go against what those being held captive were working for, but it remains my contention that there are some in this world that are simply beyond saving; whose evil and hate have completely consumed them.

In these cases, it may be truly said, that the only good terrorist, is a dead terrorist.


(Filed under Religion of Peace?)