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December 14, 2007
Rational National Suicide
As mortars and rockets rain down on southern Israel every day, two distinct world views have come into sharp focus. IDF Chief of Staff General Gabi Ashkenazy states, that to put an end to this intolerable situation Israel must control the territory from where the terrorists operate. As an example, he points to the presence of the IDF in Judea and Samaria. No mortars or rockets are launched from those areas. Connect the dots, he challenges.
But the Israeli left, typified by Foreign Secretary Tzipi Livni, argues that the so-called peace process will be destroyed if the IDF invades Gaza. Plus the Americans and the invaluable Europeans will get, y'know, really angry. And they might actually segregate Jews at international peace conferences, force Israelis to use Jews-only service doorways. And, gasp, the Arabs might not shake our hands. Can't let that happen.
Thus explains Caroline Glick, we have rationalizers versus rationalists.
FBI agents undergo Islamic "sensitivity training" by people who are themselves the subjects of their counter-terror investigations. US military personnel at Guantanamo Bay are forced to wear gloves when they touch copies of the Koran belonging to their jihadist prisoners.
More disturbingly, in their rush to placate this irrelevant tiny minority of jihadists, Israeli, US and European officials willingly trounce their core values of the rule of law and freedom of expression. In Israel, Israeli Jews who build homes without permits are prosecuted to the full limit of the law and ejected from their homes. Israeli Arabs who have built entire towns illegally are ignored by authorities in the interest avoiding diplomatic consequences or stirring up passions.
In the US, one can stand outside the White House and burn the American flag without fear of criminal charge. But if a person draws a pig on a copy of the Koran in a public library, he is liable to find himself under arrest for committing a hate crime. And in Europe, you can participate in a demonstration invoking Islam as you call for the destruction of Britain or Holland or Demark without fear of legal action, but if you publish a caricature of Muhammad in your newspaper, you may find yourself the subject of a criminal probe and forced into hiding for promoting racism.
To read Caroline Glick's complete column, please click here.
Hat Tip: Seraphic Friend, Joel Weisz
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at December 14, 2007 08:27 AM
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