Those who grew up in normative Western homes will never understand the evil and depravity of Muslim terrorists.

The execution last week of six Israeli hostages, including one American citizen, is a microcosm of the evil that is truly defining of Islamic terror. Those who applaud Hamas on campus and go so far as to wear their headgear or demand, “Intifada Revolution,” for the most part do not comprehend the depths of moral sickness of those whom they so enthusiastically support.

Way back in the 1970s, there used to be NFL advertisements, “You Make the Call!” They would show a short play and then give you a few seconds to decide if a receiver was inbounds or if a hit involved roughing the passer and the like. Then they would come back to give us the actual answer. So let’s try to put ourselves into the tunnel where Hamas terrorists murdered the young Israelis. Israel just found the shaft to that tunnel: it’s in a children’s room with animal paintings on the wall and toys on the floor. The Nazis couldn’t touch these guys for evil.

So the terrorists guarding the Israelis are sitting around. They realize that IDF forces are closing in and would arrive shortly. So what should they do? One option is to run away and leave the captives to themselves. Such has happened on a few occasions, including just a week ago when soldiers stumbled upon a Druze man who had been kidnapped on 10/7. One of the many, many painful stories from this war involved three captives left on their own by their captors and killed by IDF soldiers who mistook them for terrorists. So, one option would have been to save their skins........

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