Israel s Ajax: The Tragedy of Mr. Sharon

National Review Online ^ | April 23, 2002 | Victor Davis Hanson

[supercalifragilistic]

Sharon is a hero and he is owed much gratitude by the west. He may be villified, but he will never doubt in his heart that what he did was right. A man such as this does not look for worldly acclaim.

[Parmy]

Bump to that. If it were me, it would look like Sherman's march to the sea. No stone would be left unturned. Not one upon the other.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Sharon expected all that condemnation and worse, but cared little — knowing instead that his duty and his proper role, at this time and at this moment, were to reestablish the first principle of Israel's existence: Attacks on the Jewish state will invoke reprisals of such magnitude that no one will dare again murder or maim its citizens in peace.

Big Bump!!!

[Prodigal Daughter]

He seems so intelligent, brave, and humble!

[pgkdan]

Sharon saved Israel...it's that simple. And he did it knowing that he would be hated by the world for it. Sharon is a great hero and history will see that...but not for some time. For now the vermin of the press will villify and denounce him. Let them! Israel will know that when she needed him, Ariel Sharon was there.

It's been said about a million times but it should be said a million more times. Israel could have handled the West Bank like we handled Afghanistan and bombed the place flat...but she didn't. Her leaders did all they could to minimize civilian casualties...suffering IDf casualties as a result. They should be commended.

[Travis McGee]

The dishonorable cannot understand honor. It is alien to them.

The honorable understand this, and stand in the breach and fight on anyway.

[Brian Allen]

Great post!

Sharon will retire a deeply satisfied man ..... too many innocent Israelis died -- but Arik finally did what needed to be done!

Thank G-d!

[crystalk]

God bless you, Mr Sharon. You will always be MY hero.

And I think you will be Prime Minister as long as God gives you life, health, and the wish to be such.

Critics are like grasshoppers shrilling at his feet.

Dogs may bark, but the caravan moves onward.

[dennisw]

Critics are like grasshoppers shrilling at his feet.

Dogs may bark, but the caravan moves onward.

That could almost be from TaoTeChing by LaoTsu. But it isn't.

 

Anyways...here's my favorite photo of the great general Ariel Sharon who is sacrificing himself and his health for Israel.

 

[dennisw]

Sharon will retire a deeply satisfied man ..... too many innocent Israelis died -- but Arik finally did what needed to be done!

He will die for Israel. He has lead a full and great life. He used to get letters with advice from the great Hassidic Rebbe Menachem Schneerson

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[dennisw]

The dishonorable cannot understand honor. It is alien to them.

The honorable understand this, and stand in the breach and fight on anyway.

More verses that could have been in the TaoTeChing

[McGavin999]

We have become too civilized. War shocks us and for some reason we expect it to be neat and tidy. It is not, it can not be. As a people, we should be slow to anger, but once arroused we should be fierce and unrelenting. That is the only way to avoid war.

Isreal was safest when Isreal was feared, it's the same with us. Thank God there are men like Sharon who are willing to sacrifice themselves to do what is necessary. The thing the writers leaves out is just how much these men love in order to do what must be done.

[sleavelessinseattle]

Ivory handled .45's might be a little too pointed a tribute, but I think Ariel needs a white bulldog! God Bless him and give him some time back on his farm before the end. And God Bless Itzak Rabin, for trying the other route and dying for it.

[tictoc]

And for sacrificing his preferred life (he'd rather have been a farmer), for exposing himself innumerable times to physical danger and more recently to political vilification - Sharon has been and will be rewarded in this world with nothing but condemnation and scorn.

Excellent insight from you, and from Victor Davis Hanson. Sharon is Patton!

[Nix 2]

Golda Meir once said that Israel will have peace when the Arabs love their children as much as we love ours. Arik has children and grandchildren. Prodigal Daughter was right. This is a man, a hero among heroes, who loves wisely and well. The world might not love Israel, but Israel, as in Children Of, love Sharon. He has not forgotten and WE will never forget.
May the Lord be with him in all of his days. He is a Lion of Judah.
Chaya

[Israel Insider]

Bada Bing Bada Bump

[headsonpikes]

Intelligent article bump. Classical allusions even!