More Collective Punishment

Now this is typical barbarian morality:

"Say, Achmed, I'm like totally pissed off that our brothers are being slain in Gaza by the Jews with the collaboration of the Western states"

"Yes, Salah, this is a bigger tragedy than Sanjaya getting so far on American Idol, but how can we seek retribution?"

"Why, kidnap two Austrian tourists, duh! No country has a longer history of being friendly to the Jews than Austria, right?"

Humor aside, this is collective punishment and vicious envy at their worst. You know, the same "collective punishment" the Arabs always accuse Israel of inflicting on the pure and innocent civilians of Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip. Unlike Israel's actions, though, this fits the bill. These tourists were kidnapped (which most rational people, I think, would consider a form of punishment) not because of anything THEY did but because of generalized grievances against the West. Think about the immense injustice here. The two victims probably never hurt an Arab or Muslim in their lives. In addition, since they're not from the US, Israel, or, um, Micronesia (Yay Micronesia for its consistently pro-Israel UN votes!), the odds are we're not dealing with two flag-bearers for the Zionist cause. I've never hurt an Arab or Muslim either, but if they came after me, at least they could truthfully say that I'm a Zionist Lapdog who is not too fond of the whole "Palestine" business. But THESE people? What did they ever do?

There's also a rather vicious envy at work here. These Al Qaeda guys just can't accept the fact that people in the West go to Africa on vacation while their darling brothers in so-called Palestine are killed by the dastardly Israelis (who are like totally backed by the monolithic West in everything they do, of course). It was the same deal during the Lebanon war in the 1980's. The PLO started bombing East Beirut not to achieve any military objective, but just because it wasn't fair in their mind that their strongholds in West Beirut were being bombed to smithereens while the people in East Beirut still got to lead something resembling a normal life.

Of course, the world will issue its usual half-hearted "condemnations" which will accomplish nothing. The proper response is to rub the noses of these barbarians and their supporters in their blatant hypocrisy and demand that they and those who support them be held fully accountable for their barbaric acts via noose or firing squad.