There are reports that the Hamas fighters who attacked Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023, and took hostages, while doing brutal and savage killings in a visible frenzy of euphoric triumph, were hopped up on methamphetamine as is common practice before such actions through dispensing the drug, Captagon. Is this true?

This is actually an accurate reporting. The strategy of using drugs to augment physical stamina, focus, and the intensity of goal-directed behavior is a time-honored strategy of military organizations now worldwide. It is used with varied safeguards and limits depending on the cultural refinement and level of morality with regard to respecting international rules of war, treatment of civilians, and so on. It is little known but true as well that methamphetamines were given to German soldiers as a strategy of the Nazis to turn them into super soldiers able to march for days without sleep and carry out powerful combat. That is the true reason for the so-called "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning War" that so impressed the world as the Nazis overran Europe with campaigns of sustained maneuvers that often surprised the enemy in the speed at which things unfolded and the relentless onslaught that played out when the attackers failed to pause, even to rest at intervals, which is a normal human requisite. Such strategies have continued to be used as a kind of secret recipe to enhance the success of all kinds of maneuvers by secret operatives and military incursions. This is a violation of personal sovereignty, to alter a person's wherewithal and perspectives, to make them a better minion in serving dark aims. It is an exploitation and the often greater devastation that results is a testament to this being a depredation of morality, and that is why it encourages excess and brutal carnage not truly necessary for a military win. This recent bloodbath is a good example of drug-induced excesses by those engaged in combat.