what a convoluted series of events. most interesting was the part of the article that states the guy who commanded the murder of the israelis was named afif. his mother is jewish and his father christian, which makes him jewish. good job for golda in surmising the situation correctly, kill all those who kill us and nevermind everything else. does golda have any children, id vote for them to be president of the usa with that attitude.
I didn't bother finishing. Not out of a desire of ignorance, but for a very simple reason. I saw the word "hero" and then a bunch of caveat's.(spelling)
Heroism, requires no warning, it requires no apology, heroism is the resolute effort of an individual, or of Individuals for a cause greater than themselves. It requires no heroism to muddy the pure waters of moral honesty. A Moral person doesn't need to apologize. They can UNDERSTAND, but never apologize for their moral stance, and for their heroic acts.
I crossed up comments in this, and I screwed up my grammar, but I think my point is made. . . . I hope. Been chastised before for about the same things.
She had two children, born in the 1920's, shortly after she left Milwaukee for Israel.
Golda Meir made a terrible error in the Yom Kippur War which almost cost Israel its life.
To placate the international community she waited until Israel was attacked instead of pre-emptively striking before the inevitable attack took place.
"Despite the army's urgent insistence, the cabinet remained unwilling. In her autobiography, Golda Meir admits that she and her advisors had intelligence reports of an impending attack. Nevertheless, they refrained from calling up the reserves so that the world would see that Israel was not an aggressor. Allowing herself to be attacked would clearly demonstrate Israel's peaceful intent to the Americans and encourage them to support her with arms."
http://www.sichosinenglish.org/books/eyes-upon-the-land/17.htm