What’s Behind Terrorists Targeting Swifties?
Because They Hate
Thank God a major terror attack was thwarted! Let’s face it: the ISIS terrorists that targeted ‘Swifties’ had nothing to do with Taylor Swift and everything to do with targeting a mass gathering of young adults to celebrate music, life, and love. As Westerners, it’s hard to fathom why someone would hate a music concert, and even when the terrorists spell it out, we can’t comprehend their twisted reasoning.
Austria narrowly avoided a tragic terror attack, unlike previous horrors, including:
The Crocus City Concert Hall attack in Moscow, Russia, March 2024, where 60 were killed and 145 injured.
The Nova music festival massacre on October 7th, 2023, near Gaza, with approximately 364 people killed and 40 taken hostage.
The Ariana Grande concert bombing at Manchester Arena, England, in May 2017, killing 22 and injuring hundreds.
The Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, in June 2016, where 49 people were killed and 53 injured.
A comprehensive study found that there have been 146 terrorist attacks against concerts and festivals worldwide over a 50-year period. Terrorist groups like ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Al Qaeda have one thing in common: they hate the West and openly explain why.
In an ISIS magazine article titled “Why We Hate You & Why We Fight You,” they list six reasons: (1) the West’s disbelief in Islam, (2) secularism, (3) atheism, (4) perceived transgressions against Islam, (5) military operations, and (6) territorial incursions and they further note Western foreign policy in the Middle East is a secondary factor for their hatred.
As we brace for what could spark World War III in the Middle East, we must accept that Islamic nations are largely aligned with the same ideology as these terrorist front groups.
Brigitte Gabriel remarked, "Two concepts drive action in the Middle East: honor and revenge—ideas so foreign to Westerners, yet crucial in the Islamic world. Iran faced global humiliation with the assassination of Hanniyah, who was killed during his visit to Iran as a VIP guest attending the inauguration of the newly elected president. He was staying in a secure location under Iranian government protection. For Iran, the only way to restore its honor and respect on the Muslim and Arab streets is through revenge, specifically through the killing of many Jews.
The same applies to Hezbollah, which was humiliated by the assassination of Shukr in Beirut. They, too, must avenge his death to save face and reclaim their honor. In Middle Eastern society, these concepts of honor and revenge are so vital that the leaders and members of Hizb, or the party, are willing to die an 'honorable' death in the pursuit of revenge. This is why Iran and Hezbollah will strike Israel, indifferent to the number of their own people who may die. They are unconcerned with civilian casualties, as their supporters view dying such a death as an honorable sacrifice."
This same ideology is driving an alarming number of like-minded terrorists across our borders under Biden’s administration, who are quickly absorbed into terrorist hotbeds like Hamas and Hezbollah cells that have been growing in the U.S. for decades.
As our Israeli Jewish friends express gratitude with sentiments like, "I’m thankful for what might be my last normal day," let us also give thanks for this thwarted terror attack and the lives that were spared. But we must remain vigilant and brace ourselves for what lies ahead.
We must stand with Israel, a nation surrounded by the same hateful ideology that seeks to kill as many unbelieving infidels as possible, wherever and whenever they can.
We must never forget the enemy’s chilling motto: "First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people."
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They are idiots.