LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - A picture shared on social media by an Australian jihadist shows two kids dressed as jihadists and posing with assault rifles. The image was shared by Mounir Raad, from Melbourne Australia. Raad is believed to be fighting for the Islamic State in Syria.  The image demonstrates that the Islamic State is recruiting, preparing, and possibly even using children as fighters in their quest to carve out an Islamic caliphate and terrorist haven in the Middle East.

The image tweeted by Raad is just one of several which have infamously emerged in the months since the Islamic State began its bloody rampage last summer. Images of kids in full military regalia, or with mock-suicide vests on, all turn the stomachs of people in the western world.

Mounior Raad, from Melbourne, Australia, posted the tweet. He is thought to be in Aleppo, Syria, fighting for the Islamic State.

How can anyone teach a child so much hate? How can a civilized person teach a child to make war?

Children's lives should be filled with child's play and joy, learning and growth. Instead, all this is removed to prepare them to become the next generation of monsters to terrorize their neighbors.

The horrifying tweet and picture that tells the world, these people are preparing to war with us for decades to come.

There can be no doubt that these parents also love their children, their tweets and posts also suggest they care about their kids, but they care more about jihad than their children. They see death as a glorious end for their own lives and those of their children.

The caption of Raad's tweet was "There is no life without jihad."

A jihadist teaches his baby to step on the head of a Syrian soldier. Such acts of barbarity show us what the world is dealing with in the Islamic State.

This last summer, children across Syria were sent to jihadist training camps in Islamic State controlled territory. We know because many people across the region, who do not support the Islamic State, complained about their children being pressured to attend and participate.

It is common for kids to be exposed to executions in the Islamic State.

Across the Islamic State, children have been exposed to incredible violence. Children commonly view beheadings and other forms of public execution. This is deliberate because the Islamic State wants to de-sensitize children to such violence.

There are a lot of "kafirs," including over two billion Christians to work though. For the jihadists of the Islamic State, they're just preparing for a much larger campaign that will someday engulf the world. To accomplish that, the training needs to start early.

The child of one jihadist was infamously photographed by his father holding a severed head. These acts of barbarity desensitize children to blood and gore.

Many Islamic State fighters are encouraging their children to participate, preparing them to carry on the conflict against civilization.