Israel and the Terrorists – II
by Mike on Aug.06, 2006, under Political
In the movie Black Hawk Down, there was a scene where a captured American GI was talking to his captor, Abdullah Hassan, who made the statement “Without victory, there will be no peace.” I am fully on board with this and think this is why the US lost in Vietnam and is struggling in Iraq.
Fortunately, Israel understands this concept also and is procecuting its battle with Hezbollah with extreme prejudice. After today’s attacks in Haifa, I hope they bomb Lebanon back to the stone age.
A lot of namby pambies are whining about Israel’s response being non-proportional. How much proportion do you need to take out terrorist command and control centers, resupply routes and terrorist personnel after the indiscriminate targeting of civilians by Hezbollah? Let’s be serious here. If Hezbollah lobs a few rockets into Israeli civilian areas, it is well within proportion to take out every military target Israel can identify – even targets next to places where Lebanese civilians may be sleeping, as in Qana.
I say “may” be sleeping, because the information that I have seen supports the theory that this was a staged event for the press, which fell for it hook, line and camera.
By the way, Hassan completed his statement by saying “there will always be killing.” That being said, the only way to stop the killing is to eliminate all the killers. I hope Israel follows through in this vein.
Those are my thoughts – where do you stand on this issue?
