Reply #30: Apparently unclear on the concept of "Peace"

[ConservativeDemocrat]

A one-sided ceasefire is not "peace". Not doing anything to fanatics while they deliberately murder your children is not "peace". A "process" that does not - one way or another - dissuade opponents of peace from committing acts of war is not a "peace process".

Clear enough?

The truth is that the Palestinians DO have the ability to stop the terrorist attacks - they just don't want to. They find it highly convenient to take advantage of Israel's reluctance to use time tested means of stopping partisan attacks - e.g. match atrocity for atrocity.

If Israel acted like any other middle eastern state, there would be no Palestinian terrorists. Every time a terrorist attacked out of an area obviously sympathetic to their cause, the security forces would go in and commit a couple of thousand extra-judicial executions of more or less likely suspects. This is brutal, evil, and highly effective. Despite all the rhetoric of 'just creating more terrorists', the truth is that people have a strong sense of self-preservation. Once it becomes clear that sympathizers are not safe from the consequenses of the actions of the terrorists they aid, they will quickly stop aiding them.

Terrorism is a form of war which takes advantage of western morality.

This isn't cynicism. It's reality.


- C.D.