BTN The New Nihilists 09/20/2004

[Beyond The News]

September 20, 2004 The New Nihilists —David Aikman The horror of what happened in that school in southern Russia when terrorists overran it will remain with all civilized people for a long time. The deliberate murder of children, the sadistic denial of sanitary rights to hundreds of people for days, introduces a new level of sadism into terrorist behavior. But the wheel of world terrorism has now come full circle. When an infamous Russian terrorist, Sergei Nechaev, wrote his so-called "Catechism of a Revolutionist" more than a century ago, he declared that every revolutionary was a "doomed" man. He was doomed because his single goal while alive was destruction. This is the belief of every Islamic militant who enters the dark world of terrorism. Sudden death awaits him, so why should it not await everyone else? In Beslan, we saw in action the new nihilists, the true heirs of Nechaev. David Aikman is a veteran journalist and the chairman of Gegrapha. David Aikman is the author of A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush. If this commentary was forwarded to you, sign up for your own free subscription. Beyond the News Commentaries go past today's headlines to give you concise and penetrating insight into the most pressing challenges facing our culture today. BTN commentaries cover everything from politics to popular culture, from faith to international relations and family values to the progress of the war on terrorism. You are receiving the email because you have subscribed to this list. If you would like to remove yourself from this list, please use the following link and you will be removed immediately! Thank you! Copyright 2004 Beyond The News TM Hurricane Relief Church Christmas Outreach Program Jihad in Chaos [National Review] A Selective Kind of Outrage [Israeli Insider]