Saturday, March 11, 2006

The Futility of Pacifism: American Peace Activist Tortured, Murdered

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American hostage Tom Fox has been killed and his body, showing signs of torture, left on a garbage dump in Baghdad, police said on Saturday. One of the policemen who found the body said the 54-year-old peace activist, wearing a gray tracksuit, appeared to have been beaten by electric cables before his death. He had a single gunshot wound to the head and his hands were tied behind him. Fox, who had been in Iraq to campaign against the U.S. occupation and to work for the release of Iraqis held by U.S. forces, was taken hostage with three colleagues in November by a group calling itself the "Swords of Truth".

This story from Reuters proves again that Muslim terrorists don't care if you are on their side or not. If you are an Infidel, you must die. Tom Fox was an anti-war American pacifist, in Iraq to work for ending the U.S. occupation and freeing insurgent prisoners. Were the Muslims grateful for this? Did they work with Fox to accomplish their mutual goals? No. They tortured him then murdered him.

Tom Fox did not accomplish his ends, but he did not die in vain. His sacrifice shows just how impotent pacifism is in the face of a murderous tyranny. This is nothing new, it has been learned and relearned the hard way for centuries. Unfortunately, there will always be a fresh crop of credulous idealists who think the world will conform itself to their wishful thinking.

There is only one way to deal with Islamic terrorists: Kill them.

Read the entire article here.