Posted on 06/23/2008 1:31:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
One former general in the Israel Defense Forces made an original proposal this week: If in the swap of the murderer Samir Kuntar for Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser it is possible to learn the abducted soldiers' fate, Kuntar's fate should be decided accordingly. If they are returned alive, he will be returned alive. If they are brought back in coffins, he will also be put to death, on the spot, and his body returned to Lebanon in exchange for their bodies.
It was not serious, of course. A state that considers itself enlightened does not behave this way, at least not since it was caught and incriminated in the Bus 300 affair, when a bus was hijacked. The idea reflected the desperation that has taken over the Israeli establishment. It is defeatist, caught up in ethical, political, and legal chains of events, and unable to use the tools available to it.
For the Americans or the French, for example, it is important to bring to justice the killers of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri - by conducting an investigation and setting up an international tribunal. Even more potent logic would suggest that since Israel is the direct victim of aggression, it is entitled to take action against Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who publicly announced that he ordered the attack on the soldiers. But it is paralyzed. Advertisement
When the IDF prepares its plans, it does so with the Supreme Court in mind.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
The Labor Party has announced it’s intention to leave the coalition making Olmert a dead duck.
It was not serious, of course.
Not being serious about this doesn't make you enlightened. It makes you a coward.
I rather like the idea of equality in the transfer but
that would be too “civilized”. Baaaaaah.
FYI
What Happened on Bus 300?
The Jerusalem Post - December 28, 2001
On April 12, 1984, four Palestinian terrorists hijacked Egged Bus No. 300 en route from Tel Aviv to Ashkelon with 41 passengers and forced it to drive to the Gaza Strip. In Deir el-Balah, about 15 kilometers south of Gaza City, the bus finally came to a stop and was surrounded by military and Border Police units.
The terrorists said they belonged to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by George Habash. All night long they negotiated for the release of some 500 PLO terrorists in Israeli jails. Just before dawn, an IDF elite unit, led by then-brigadier-general Yitzhak Mordechai, stormed the bus.
One young woman was killed and seven other passengers were wounded in the rescue. Two of the terrorists were killed inside the bus. The other two reportedly were wounded and died en route to a hospital.
At the time, the censor banned publication of pictures taken by two Israeli photographers that revealed the fact that the two “mortally wounded” terrorists had walked off the bus unhurt. They were subsequently beaten by everyone who could lay hands on them, then taken away in a van by Shin Bet agents, who tortured and killed them.
“I smashed their skulls,” on orders of then-Shin Bet head Avraham Shalom, and “I’m proud of everything I’ve done,” retiring agent Ehud Yatom was quoted as having told the Hebrew daily Yediot Aharonot. He later denied having made the statements.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
We may lose this war!
...and there is a problem with doing that????
Sadly, I believe the abducted Israeli soldiers are no longer alive. Ping.
May their kidnappers and murderers be repaid sevenfold.
It’s so sad. The Olmerde government seems to have forgotten them and washed their hands of them. I remeber an Israel back when that would not have done this to their soliders!
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