Posted by
James Biga on Monday, June 16, 2008 5:17:49 PM
The matter must be regarded in this light;
it is a waste of effort to ignore the element of brutality because of its repugnance.
- Karl Von Clausewitz
(pg 42, "War, Politics, and Power"
Regnery Books)
The present generation has decided that war is the worst of all human endeavors. If war is to be conducted it must be sanitary and does not allow for the death of perceived innocents. The stronger nation or group should always be willing to accept death of its own people while continuing to try and talk to the attacker. There is no such thing as an enemy or evil. There is only ignorance and misunderstanding that can be dealt with diplomatically.
The previous paragraph may be deemed an oversimplification of reality. I beg to differ. In fact, when one peruses the media outlets as well as listens to the leading idealists of leftism, it is exactly what is occurring.
The enemies of Israel have no repugnance towards any act of brutality. They are willing to send women, children, and the elderly to blow themselves up in the name of allah. They also use the same as shields against Israeli attacks. In return, they intentionally go after women, children, and the elderly in Israel. Hamas, Hizbollah, Islamic Jihad, and others go out of their way to find the weakest targets in Israel and kill them. When Israel kills a "palestinian" woman, child, or senior citizen it is propagandized and considered an atrocity.
Israels enemies have come realize the "repugnance of brutality" and actually thrive in it. Israel has yet to come to realize that they must be more brutal than their enemy. There are numerous reasons for this from not wanting to be labelled brutal to a fear of "worldly" repercussions. This being said, Israel's enemies realize they can get away with brutality because Israel and the West lack the chutzpa to react in kind.
Until Israel, and the West, are willing to do what is absolutely necessary, the enemy will continue its present course of brutality and murder. Fear of perception is not an option.