Originally posted by Pashtun_Ultranationalist
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But the Tamil Tigers(inventers of the suicide belt) used suicide bombing way before they were used in middle east. You maybe surprised to know that Suicide attacks were used against US forces in Vietnam. Viet Cong rebels used to run into US positions and blow up grenades sacrificing themselves in the attack.
Native Americans used to charge directly at the guns of US forces sacrificing themselves to shield their comrades behind them so the ones shielded could get close enough to attack the US forces with tomahawk axes and knives.
I can go on and on.
But my point is these things are merely a societies response to what they deem as aggression against a much more powerful foe. These things have always existed and always will, you can not turn off humanities will to resist against what they deem as their destruction.

A majority of animals undertake all kind of self-sacrifice for their young. For example the incubation period of penguins is during the polar winter. Female penguins lay only one egg, leave incubation to the males, and return to the sea. During the four months of incubation, the male penguin has to resist violent polar storms at times reaching speeds of 120 kilometers per hour. Making great sacrifices for four full months without leaving the egg, the male penguin loses half of its body weight, because it has no chance of going hunting. Although it goes without any food for months, it does not go hunting, and resists the violent storms without ever leaving the egg. After the end of the four months, the female penguin shows up with a huge store of food. She has not wasted time in the meantime, but has worked for her young and stored food for it. She empties her stomach and takes over the job of caring for the young.
The care provided by the crocodile, a particularly savage animal, for its offspring is also quite astounding. First, the crocodile digs a hole for the incubation of its eggs. The temperature of the hole must never rise above 30ºC. A slight rise in temperature would threaten the lives of the offspring in the eggs. The crocodile takes care that the holes in which it places its eggs are located in rather shady places and goes to extraordinary efforts to keep the eggs at a constant temperature. Some crocodile species build nests of weeds on cold water. If the temperature of the nest still rises despite these measures, then the crocodile cools the nest by sprinkling urea on it.
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