Egypt Shows Its Colors
- From: "Richard H. Shulman" <richardshulman5@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:23:23 -0800 (PST)
EGYPT SHOWS ITS COLORS 15553 - Shulman
"CYCLE OF VIOLENCE" IS A MISLEADING TERM
Steven Erlanger describes the warfare in Gaza as a "cycle of
violence." As he puts it, the IDF claims its raids are an attempt to
repress Gaza rocket attacks on Israel, and Hamas claims it fires them
in retaliation for raids. Some disillusioned Israeli complained that
the IDF raids cause an increase in rocket attacks (NY Times, 1/19).
Nazi, Communist, and Muslim totalitarians pretend their imperialism is
retaliation. They are good guys, you see, upon whom other people
pick. Seriously, isn't Erlanger silly in his anti-Zionism, taking
Hamas excuses seriously! During WWII, the US did not take Nazi
excuses seriously. Why are we less informed? Times writers appear
more uninformed than their misinformed readers?
It is warfare in Gaza. Warfare is not a cycle of violence. Each side
does what it thinks it can. Israel, governed by cowardly anti-
Zionists, and fearful of adverse publicity that gets more radically
adverse in proportion to Israeli timidity, tends more to retaliate,
though tepid, just enough to keep its people from revolting against
lack of national defense. Hamas both stocks and fires rockets, a
terrorist weapon. Hamas has them launched, a few every day and
sometimes more to make a political point or when it thinks it has a
pretext. Erlanger and like-minded journalists fall in with Hamas by
making the pretext out to be justified. The disillusioned Israeli
mistakes the timing of the rockets' launching for the decision to
launch. Hamas is making war and has decided to launch all its
rockets, sooner or later. What that disillusioned Israeli should
demand as a start is that the IDF send in sufficient force to capture
all the terrorists and destroy all their means of war.
$100 MILLION SMUGGLED INTO GAZA
Hamas leaders among the pilgrims whom Egypt let into Gaza without
Israeli inspection brought in $100 million for Hamas. Hamas uses the
money for itself. The people don't care for Hamas rule and the
hardships it entails. Eventually, some Israeli officials think,
"moderates" may attain power there (IMRA, 1/14).
"Moderates" such as Abbas, whose TV stations urge Muslims to kill Jews
and whose policy is to bring masses of outside descendants of Arab
refugees, the better to do so? There are no real moderates there of
any consequence.
Egypt claims it does what it can to prevent smuggling. How about
searching the pilgrims? It is painfully obvious that Mubarak, whom
both the US and Israeli leaders praise as constructive, encourages
smuggling into Gaza. Pundits offer rationalizations why it is not in
his interest to do so. Unfortunately, he has a different
understanding of his interest. Undermining Israel is paramount - to
him.
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