Why Israel Can't Win
December 29th 2006 05:06
WHY ISRAEL CAN'T WIN
I've stated before that Peter Worthington is a veteran and respected journalist. I will quote him extensively here and hope some of our more liberal friends will get the message. His main topic was why the west won't win the war on terrorism, but I'd like to back it up a notch.
I've been criticized for being pro-Israeli and anti-Palestinian. So be it. I can live with that. Let me say that I am pro-democracy, be it Israel, the USA, Canada or the UK. Let me also say that I don't believe a majority of Muslims are terrorists. It's the rabid fanatics who get the headlines.
Many people have complained to me and others that Israel is ‘illegally' occupying lands that aren't theirs. That may be. They claim international law does not allow them to do this. They use words like ‘balkustan' when speaking of the Camp David Accords. Others throw in the term ‘straw man' for arguments which, in my view, have no basis. Why these words are used is beyond me. I call a spade a spade and I wish other people would too, instead of trying to inflate their own egos.
As far as I know, Israel has never launched an unprovoked attack. That seems to be how democracies work. Go away and have your little war, but leave me out of it. However, if you do attack me, I will fight back.
"Israel is arguably the toughest, least compromising of the democracies when it comes to combating terrorism. It has been fighting terrorism from the day it became a sovereign state, thanks to the UN." writes Mr. W.
Israel became a nation in 1948 under the international law that all these nay-sayers keep quoting. Yet even today, they don't occupy all the land that was given to them back then. The Gaza Strip and West Bank seem to be favourites among the pro-Palestinian crowd. You can't win land in a war, they will tell you. Perhaps not. The Gaza is a perfect example.
Mr. W. says, "Israel is having to defend itself against rockets from Gaza, where Hamas rules when it isn't feuding with the Palestinian Authority." More shocking is the news that Israel gives its targeted areas 30 minutes warning before an attack. Wouldn't it be lovely if the homicide-bombers of Palestine did the same? "Recently, after a rocket attack, Israel announced it was attacking the home of a suspected terrorist leader where explosives were stored. It gave the occupants 30 minutes warning to evacuate before war planes obliterated the house. So what did the residents do? Well, not only did they not evacuate, but neighbours formed a human shield at the targeted house and, guess what? The Israel war planes were called off." says Mr. W.
This is rather disgusting. "Now, every time the Israelis give the 30-minute warning which, apparently, is policy, the "human shields" of women and children head for the targeted house, secure in the knowledge that the Israelis won't attack." Is this any way to fight a war? The pro-Palestinian mob would have you think so. Let the other guy warn us and then chicken out while we send in women with bombs to blow up innocents unannounced.
Israel has, and still is, turning the other cheek at every opportunity. The pro-Palestinian group wants you to ignore that and concentrate on their ‘illegal' occupation of land that is not theirs.
Sorry, but the Jews don't subscribe to what Jesus said about turning the other cheek. They have turned the other cheek enough and if holding on to land which may or may not be theirs to get the world's attention, more power to them.
I've stated before that Peter Worthington is a veteran and respected journalist. I will quote him extensively here and hope some of our more liberal friends will get the message. His main topic was why the west won't win the war on terrorism, but I'd like to back it up a notch.
I've been criticized for being pro-Israeli and anti-Palestinian. So be it. I can live with that. Let me say that I am pro-democracy, be it Israel, the USA, Canada or the UK. Let me also say that I don't believe a majority of Muslims are terrorists. It's the rabid fanatics who get the headlines.
As far as I know, Israel has never launched an unprovoked attack. That seems to be how democracies work. Go away and have your little war, but leave me out of it. However, if you do attack me, I will fight back.
"Israel is arguably the toughest, least compromising of the democracies when it comes to combating terrorism. It has been fighting terrorism from the day it became a sovereign state, thanks to the UN." writes Mr. W.
Israel became a nation in 1948 under the international law that all these nay-sayers keep quoting. Yet even today, they don't occupy all the land that was given to them back then. The Gaza Strip and West Bank seem to be favourites among the pro-Palestinian crowd. You can't win land in a war, they will tell you. Perhaps not. The Gaza is a perfect example.
This is rather disgusting. "Now, every time the Israelis give the 30-minute warning which, apparently, is policy, the "human shields" of women and children head for the targeted house, secure in the knowledge that the Israelis won't attack." Is this any way to fight a war? The pro-Palestinian mob would have you think so. Let the other guy warn us and then chicken out while we send in women with bombs to blow up innocents unannounced.
Israel has, and still is, turning the other cheek at every opportunity. The pro-Palestinian group wants you to ignore that and concentrate on their ‘illegal' occupation of land that is not theirs.
Sorry, but the Jews don't subscribe to what Jesus said about turning the other cheek. They have turned the other cheek enough and if holding on to land which may or may not be theirs to get the world's attention, more power to them.
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