Yes, it the same kind of thing with the regime in Iran. After the revolution in 1879 that ousted the Shah, the Ayatollah Khomeini became literally the Supreme Leader of Iran. Khomeini was a hard-line Shia Islamist who followed what is called the "Twelver" Islamic religious doctrine. To cut a long story short, the Ayatollah was obsessed with Jihad, He believe that the Islamic revolution in Iran must be exported. That mean using any means to annihilate Israel. He wanted a genocide of the Israeli /Jewish state. To die in combat fighting Israel or America was a good thing because it made you a martyr, and you went straight up to Allah's "Paradise" Even if you were an Iranian soldier facing certain defeat by a superior military force, the was no way you would stop[ fighting even if you faced certain death. Because the Ideology that you had been brainwashed with, Ruhollah Khomeini's ultra radical, hardline form of political Islam, which is called,"Khomeinism," is pretty much a "death cult." To willingly die, if necessary, to fearlessly sacrifice yourself fighting against impossible odds is a good and righteous thing as far as the IRGC Command are concerned. Oy doesn't matter how much punishment the enemy inflict upon you - how many of your ranks are wiped out - capitulation is not an option, ceasefires are not an option, Western-style diplomacy is not a workable option for resolving a conflict or brokering a peace treaty with Iran. If you do manage to get them to a negotiating table, they simply can't be trusted to participate in good faith. Obama's Iram nuclear arms deal - that was signed off in 2015 - is a perfect example. Iram had absolutely no intention whatsoever of abiding by the conditions set down in that deal. They agreed to them because they knew they could breach them with impunity, and that's exactly what they did.
For the current Iranian regime, to continue fighting against America/Israel.to the bitter, bloody end, and no matter what the cost in lives and misery is not an option Any sacrifice that is made in opposing the enemies of Allah and Islam is justified. In the West human life is valued as sacred. Under "Khomeinism" it is not; the regime indoctrinates successive generations into a type of death cult. where human life is not regarded as valuable in its own right. What regarded as supremely valuable is death as a reverent worshipper of Islam. This means you get to enter Jannah, and being in Allah's Paradise is joyful beyond words. It's also why the death of non-believers, or those Allah has declared are the enemies of Islam like the Jews of Israel and Americans (Christians) are regarded by Regime as less than worthless. When you consider the way HAMAS slaughtered 1200 Israelis in massacre of October 7th, or 911. the countless, suicide bombings, the targeting of civilians with rockets, mortars. artillery and missiles, the barbaric means of torture and the ruthless murder of their "enemies" by immolation, beheading, the stoning to death of their own women for alleged adultery, and so on. It's clear that these people have no respect for human dignity or for the sanctity of human life.
With the Japs, they fought fanatically and suicidally in battle (e.g. "Bonsai "charges and Kamikaze pilots). This was a result their military command brainwashing them with a twisted version of the legendary, Japanese, medieval "Bushido" warrior's code, esp. its pledge of "Death before Dishonor."
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