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Israel's War on Terror States
By John
President Bush said Thursday that Israel has the right to defend itself, as it launched fresh attacks on Lebanon after the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers.Bush laid the blame for the escalation of violence along the border on Hezbollah, whose guerrillas mounted a cross-border raid earlier in the week and captured the two soldiers. He also said that Syria "needs to be held to account" for supporting and harboring Hezbollah.
That's it. No "we support a peaceful resolution to the crisis," or "we encourage both sides to act with restraint," or "we fully support the UN's efforts to bring about a diplomatic resolution." Israel has a right to defend herself, you don't negotiate with terror states, get your boys back.
Israel's fight isn't a war against Lebanon, or the Palestinian people, or the peace process. It is a targeted campaign against two terror states, Hamas controlled Gaza and Hezbollah controlled southern Lebanon.
Americans don't think like Israelis do. We play checkers, they play chess. We want our wars lightning fast and equally furious. Israelis play the waiting game.They're the tortoise; we're the hare. They think 10 moves down the line, so their first moves often times don't make sense. And they fight to achieve a singular endstate: to exist.
Israel is our ally in the war against terrorism, one that just opened two important fronts in the fight. I fully support them and wish the best for their captured soldiers. But with that support comes with concern.
When I studied in Israel several years ago, I sat in on a lecture by an Israeli intelligence officer, a Colonel Miri Eisen. At the time, while the second Intafada was still raging, cities in the West Bank and Gaza were still smoldering from the massive IDF incursion into the occupied territories, the military operation known as Defensive Shield.
Colonel Eisen noted that while Israel had achieved tremendous success in killing and apprehending terrorists, they had failed miserably in the public affairs war. Defensive Shield had uncovered a massive terrorist network, one that had flourished during the Oslo-accord years, when Yassar Arafat was supposed to be dismantling the Palestinian terror infastructure.
But while Israelis fought in places like Jenin and east Jerusalem, Arafat was fighting in cities in Europe and the United Nations. With the help of world media outlets, Arafat spun the conflict so it appeared as if the Israelis were waging a brutal, genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people. Every woman and child, every destroyed home or market was frontpaged on the BBC or CNN for the world to see. And Israel, engaged in a legimate campaign targeted at defending her people and her borders, looked purely genocidal.
This is why Ariel Sharon decided to disengage from Gaza, and to build a wall around the West Bank. Politically, the disengagement strategy was working, and the Hamas government was suffering, as European nations cut aid to the terrorists who spent their days lobbing rockets into Israeli towns.
With these two new fronts in the war, political momentum is shifting back towards the Palestinian terror apparatus. The old Arafat spin-machine has been born again, as collatoral damage becomes the top stories of the day. And, sans the Americans and Australians, the world is again rising to condemn Israel, as a United Nations that should be more concerned with sanctioning North Korea or disarming Iran dispatches another "fact-finding" mission to the middle east, armed with the forgone conclusion the entire conflict is Israel's fault.
My heart goes out to the Israeli people as they struggle to free themselves from the grip of Islamofascism. But something they must prepare for, and something we -as their ally- must prepare for, is the turning of the political tide against Israel. These operations will undo the progress achieved by the disengagement strategy, and cost Israel dearly on the global political stage.
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"Israel's fight isn't a war against Lebanon, or the Palestinian people, or the peace process. It is a targeted campaign against two terror states, Hamas controlled Gaza and Hezbollah controlled southern Lebanon."
Amen brother.
excuse me but this is just another illegal war where the innocents suffer. You cheer and clap and celebrate whenever bombs are dropped and yo uthink nothing of the palestinian or lebanese people who are blown to bits because of it. so keep applauding whenever you see a tank on tv some of us are actually interested in peace not war
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Social Justice, I'm not sure I'm following your line of reasoning.
Both Hamas and Hezbollah opened this conflict by kidnapping Israeli soldiers, an act of war. Israel's response is, in essence, a large-scale rescue mission.
Although I would emphasize that you seem to be proving my point about the political tide turning.
I'd encourage you to more aggressively research your material before posting here Sir/Ma'am.
"...something they must prepare for, and something we -as their ally- must prepare for, is the turning of the political tide against Israel. These operations will undo the progress achieved by the disengagement strategy, and cost Israel dearly on the global political stage."
I can think of another period in American history when there was a horrible threat to humanity on the world stage. At that time, there was a huge leftist peace movement that insisted that if we just tried to understand those that presented the threat, peace could be achieved. The only thing that galvanized American opinion against the fascist threat, and allowed this country to defeat that threat, was the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Considering that we have now had another attack by the new Islamofascist threat to humanity, which occurred in the contiguous states, took more lives than Pearl Harbor, and our population still can't decide if it is worth our blood and treasure to defend ourselves with all means at our disposal; one wonders if Pearl Harbor would even have been enough to get us into WWII, if Hitler had not just months before Pearl Harbor, broken his non-aggression pact with Stalin, thus causing the USSR to order the leftist peaceniks in the US to support the war.
My point is that there are two choices in this fight: 1. We can destroy the threat to freedom and humanity, or 2. we can be destroyed by it. There is no middle ground. At some point the forces on the side of freedom and humanity are going to need to stand up in defense of freedom and humanity; let France, Germany, the UN and the rest of the mealy-mouthed leftist world who proclaim there is nothing in the world worth fighting for be damned. It would be nice to have world-wide geo-political support for this battle, but in the long run, if this battle is to be won, it will have to be fought with or without that support.
If the battle is won, 60 years hence, everyone, including the left, will agree that it was an epic battle which needed to be fought, and which everyone supported, and was in fact another good war. If the battle is not won, 60 years hence there will be no left or right, just the descendants of the left and the right of today, kneeling toward Mecca 5 times a day, praising Allah, and the theocratic leaders who control their lives.
What a shame it is that this fairly common-sense application of historical precedent to current events will be seen by many as a racist, war-mongering, rant.
Steve is so right. Find out the real nature of Islam. It is expansionist and supremist. There can be no peace as long as out enemy is Islam. There is no such thing as a "moderate Muslim." To the extent any Muslim takes his religion seriously, that is, to the extent he really knows the Koran and the Hadith (and you should not assume that any Muslim really knows his faith), he is if not a terrorist, then sympathetic to terrorists because to Muslims, we are all, Jews and Christians alike, wothy of death as infidels. We have only three options: (1) conversion (2) dehimmitude (second-class citizenship at the sufferance of Musllims) or (3) death. "Turn the other cheek" is an unknown concept in Islam, which teaches you to kill your, and Allah's, enemies with Paradise promised (martyrdom is the only assurance of Paradise). And any "unbeliever" is the enemy.
Social Justice: What of the 3 Israeli soldiers kidnapped and the 5 killed by Hamas & Hezbollah in unprovoked attacks? The IDF wasn't in Gaza or Lebanon when these soldiers were attacked. No, these were acts of war which any nation is fully within its rights to respond to. You call us "sheep", yet one wonders who call you are bleating to obey?
One simple question comes into my mind when the issue of EU and UN disaproval of Israel's actions is brought up. So What? Honestly, what does it matter what the EU and UN think? Neither group has any real power. But beside that, you are falling into the trap of "A large number of people don't want us to do Y, therefore Y must be wrong".
If Mexico were to start shooting rockets into the US and kidnapping US border patrol officers by that principle the US should not respond if the pack of dictator's mouthpieces in New York and the group of moronic anti-Western Civilization Nihilists in Brussles says no?
If "World Opinion" requires such acquiesence to evil may World Opinion be damned. *I* will not "compromise" with kidnappers and terrorists whose ultimate goal is my destruction. Nor do I pity those who do. They have chosen their fate as I have chosen mine.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.-- Thomas Jefferson
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.-- Ayn Rand
Yes something needed to be done about Hammas and Hezbollah but I think they may have overeacted. What's the end-game here, total occupation of these areas? That would be very costly to both sides,they can't kick them all out. Though if these Arab nations that are so concerned about the Palistinen people would actually do something like take them in, instead of using them as proxies. Seems there has been a shift in the Israeli's internal politics to a very aggresive response to the continued attacks by the terrorists groups.Overall it seems like a lose-lose situation for both sides. I can't understand why terror groups continue to provoke the Israeli's when it's clear that they can't stand against them.There are other ways to resist, they should again try the non-violent(or at least a lot less violent) tactis of the 1st iftadia but it seems there leaders are determined to do all they can to tic off the I.D.F. so now they get what they sowed. Just bad stuff.
.....sans the Americans and Australians, the world is again rising to condemn Israel, as a United Nations that should be .....
Add Canada to that list. The Canadian Prime Minister has commented in support of Israel.
Attempted to trackback to your post and was unable. Sorry for the comment spam but I have linked to your post.
Did the Grandchildren of those in Auschwitz learn the lesson or not
Israel's defence has long been based on the deterrence factor of its armed forces. If it failed to respond aggressively to these current acts of war then that deterrence would be seriously decreased to the detriment of its own defence. I don't really believe Israel had any other choice than a show of force.
It surprisingly appears from that much of the Arab populace seems willing to let Israel defend themselves on this one without protest. Possibly because they recognize that Iran is the driving factor behind these latest provocations and there is no love lost between the Arab vs. Persian Muslims. Also possibly because they recognize that Israels recent concessions of territory were an attempt at peaceful reconciliation.
Things seem different this time. Lebaneese seem willing to let Israel destroy Hesbolah as long as they don't sufer to much. May Arabs seem to be condeming Hesbolah, Hamas, Seria and Iran for their stupid moves. Saudi Arabia lays the blame soley on Hesbolah and didn't even condem Israel. Germany's chanselor backed Israel. Canada's PM backed Israel. The terrorists lost their "legitimate" resistance when Israel withdrew from Lebanon and Gaza. The average Arab doesn't seem to support this uprovoked agression against israel.
What difference does winning the propaganda war make in this day and age? The US certainly lost the propaganda war in Iraq, and arguments can be made that the US didn't win it in Afghanistan either. But in the end, the EU, Russia, and China don't do anything. Fundraising for Hamas and Hezbollah? Sure, but in the end they're still going to be blown to bits by the Israelis.
Put another way: even when the "peace process" reigned and the Israelis "behaved", an idiot named Rachel Corrie threw herself in front of a bulldozer and got killed and they lost another propaganda war. Imagine it on a dial: when the Israelis turn the dial to "10" on the violence scale, they lose the propaganda war. When they turn it to "0", they still lose. So you know what? Why not turn that knob to "11" and leave it there for awhile?
If the US can stick it out for a few more years in Iraq and Afghanistan, and if the Israelis are serious about destroying Hamas and Hezbollah, then maybe we'll see an end to the fake populism that drives the "propaganda war". If only because all sides will see the value in winning real wars rather than fake propagnda ones.
this is meer bullshit... there should be a peace resolution that actually stops the war... not just pospones it!!!
when considering the views of these people we should first take into consideration the facts. there is alot of oppion and not enough FACTS!
Both Hamas and Hezbollah opened this conflict by kidnapping Israeli soldiers, rightfully they have the right to get them back, but by starting a war and bringing in the civilian pouplation is just insane!
should New Zealand of declared war when the terroists of the "holy Gehad Bregade" kidnaped our cameramen??? no. then these two countries should have some commen sense, rather han trying to show the rest of the world that they can win a meer petty dog fight.
If the Leage of Nations was still around today from WW2 then this would of probely not gone away, hense america and the rest of the world should stay out of the way. then again how are the civillians get out. they are at war with there neighbours.
this is just a mess gone out of controll
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I could have just as easily read that in a major newspaper. You should write professionally and my husband agrees.