The pornography of war

From the Nation:

On November 15, 2004, a report on CNN.com briefly described a clash in the Iraqi city of Baquba, including an insurgent attack with rocket-propelled grenades on members of the First Infantry Division, in which four American soldiers were wounded. CNN did not post any images of the battle, and the incident wasn't given much attention in other media.

But visitors to the amateur porn website nowthatsfuckedup.com were given a much closer view of the action: "today in baquba we got into the shit again and got some of it on vid.....this is me and my wingman fuckin some shit up when these fucks shot 3 rpg's at us so we took down the whole spot.....look for yourself...the fight lasted like 85 mins total and they are still counting up the bodies."

The poster, an anonymous soldier identified only as "Stress_Relief," uploaded two videos of the clash onto the website, drawing enthusiastic responses from patrons: "nice work, guys. Keep blasting those mujadeen [sic] bastards."

Nihilists see life as void of meaning, purpose, truth ,or value. The nihilist movement at the end of the 19th century sparked a period of insanity in Europe which culminated with a World War. The nihilism that is inherent in modern jihadism has sparked what could turn out to be a similar conflict if it is not contained soon. Just as Nietzsche described Christianity as a nihilistic religion because it removed meaning from this earthly life and focused instead on a supposed afterlife, so, too, is fundamentalist Islam. Indeed, suicide bastards seek to skip the whole living part altogether, opting for the shortest route to “afterlife” which, I hope, is Hell.

The psychopaths who enjoy watching faces being peeled off bodies fail to see any value in life. The fact that both US soldiers and insurgents are using the site proves that there is no difference between these sick fucks, and only by a fortunate coincidence of birth are they relegated to the ranks of lowly, expendable foot soldiers, mere pawns in the game of destiny. Heaven shutters at the thought of monsters like these ever obtaining power, for this sick voyeurism in princes is the make of tyrants and terrorists.

They are right about one thing: their lives are worthless, and when they expire, they will forever be forgotten. Humanity doesn’t need to remember such loathsome barbarianism.

Update:

On Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials announced that Iraqi and American security forces killed the No. 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abdallah Najim Abdallah Muhammad Juwari, also known as Abu Azzam.

Have fun in Hell, Juwari!


HT: Jesus Politics