Recently, several westerners were taken hostage in Iraq, by members of the Iraqi Insurgence. Kidnapping had seemed to have gone out of favor with these terrorists, but in light of recent events perhaps these murdering Muslims have had a change of heart. The terrorists aired footage of local Arab TV and repeated their familiar claims and use of imagery. Among the hostages taken were four “peace activists,” who the insurgents charge were agitators and spies. Iraqi officials believe the insurgents are stepping up attacks and kidnappings in the run up to December’s parliamentary elections.

These “peace activists” belong to a group called Christian Peacemaker Teams. This organization has been protesting against the war in Iraq since before the war began. The group’s response to terror, however, demonstrates why terrorists are so successful. In a statement the group argued: "We are angry because what has happened to our teammates is the result of the actions of the U.S. and U.K. government due to the illegal attack on Iraq and the continuing occupation and oppression of its people." You will notice that these peace activist don’t blame the terrorists, after all the terrororist are some how excused for their actions, they had no choice right? All terrorism is the result of actions committed by the US and Britain? The terrorist’s actions are therefore wholly legitimate.

The left often repeats this tactic. They insist on advancing the tired theory that terrorism began with the war on Iraq. Islamic terrorists, as we at the Phalanx have demonstrated on numerous occasions, have been murdering, kidnapping, hijacking and destroying with reckless abandon for decades! Terrorists resort to kidnapping because it works. When they kidnap these western journalists, activists and so on, their home countries send in high-level negotiators who offer bribes and incentives to the terrorists, sending home the message that evil deeds can yield financial and political gain, thus the terrorists are emboldened.

These activists claim the Iraqi people are being oppressed and this is correct. They are being oppressed by the same sort who have resorted to kidnapping. They are being murdered in the streets by their fellow Muslims. They are being kidnapped and their businesses ransacked and their homes and places of worship destroyed by people who claim to represent the interests of Iraqis. Nothing, however, could be farther from the truth. These terrorists represent their own agenda and sadly some leftists organizations freely play into their hands. Christian Peacemaker Teams claims they are the only ones telling the truth about Iraq, but in reality their truth is distorted by their politics, not unlike the insurgents themselves.
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