{"id":8390,"date":"2015-02-28T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T18:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8390"},"modified":"2015-02-28T18:34:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T18:34:09","slug":"why-the-masks-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8390","title":{"rendered":"Why the masks, terrorists?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The thought keeps occurring to me: Why do terrorists keep covering their faces when they make these videos intended for international distribution?<\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered?<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/how-isis-threatens-europe\/ar-BBhZurk<\/p>\n

The picture on the link here shows an Islamic State goon waving a knife at the camera. All you see are this fellow’s eyes. Why don’t they show themselves to the public? Why don’t they reveal their identity?<\/p>\n

Is it because:<\/p>\n

* They believe what they’re doing is wrong?<\/p>\n

* They don’t want international cops, spooks, commandos, anti-terror analysts to identify them?<\/p>\n

* They’re cowards?<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s all of the above. I’m going with the coward angle, kind of like the way the Ku Klux Klan goons cover their faces under hoods.<\/p>\n

Terrorists don’t comprehend that they commit criminal acts when they behead innocent victims. They don’t seem to have any understanding of “right” and “wrong” the way you and I do. They’ve perverted every single principle, concept and tenet\u00a0under which civilized human beings live.<\/p>\n

They’re surely hiding from the good guys, which might imply they know what they’re doing is wrong. I believe it’s more akin to the last part. They don’t want to get caught because they’re afraid<\/em> of the consequence they’ll face.<\/p>\n

Fear. Cowardice. Get it?<\/p>\n

Some of them have deserted from military organizations in their home country, usually somewhere in the Middle East, to join forces with ISIL, Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Qaeda … whatever. They’re hiding their faces from their former military commanders.<\/p>\n

In the end, though, it all seems to smack of cowardly acts. Just as lynchings were the acts of cowards in the United States a century ago, these terrorists have zero sense of honor and courage.<\/p>\n

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