Cease-Fire in Iraq

Courtesy of Sandy Huffaker and Media Backspin

It's simple, and it will go a little something like this:
At the next UN Security Meeting, Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman needs to propose an immediate cease-fire in Iraq. Fighting has been going on there for over 3 years. The insurgents and terrorists show no sign of back down. Hundreds of non-combatants and civilians are dying every-day in suicide attacks and Army mishaps. It's time to come to a lasting and sustainable cease-fire. The democracy in Iraq has no chance of blossoming with this ongoing violence.
Then, Britain and the US' Ambassadors need to stand up and say that that's a crazy idea. "THAT WOULD BE A VICTORY FOR THE TERRORISTS! WE'RE FIGHTING THE WAR ON TERROR, AND IRAQ IS THE FRONT LINES! THIS WOULD BE CRAZY!" They would rightly say.
Then, Mr. Gillerman would respond, "YOU'RE COMPLETELY CORRECT. IT WOULD BE CRAZY TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE A CEASE-FIRE WITH TERRORISTS. YOU COMPLETELY CORRECT THAT A CEASE-FIRE WOULD BE A VICTORY FOR THE TERRORISTS. THEN, WHY ARE YOU ASKING ISRAEL TO COMMITT SUICIDE AND COMMITT TO A CEASE-FIRE WITH HEZBOLLAH?"
Of course, this Resolution would be struck down, but it would give the Europeans and the Americans some food for thought.

Here are the basic facts to keep in mind:
1) A cease-fire now would be a VICTORY for Hezbollah. They want a cease-fire now. They're losing their launchers. They're losing man-power. They would LOVE a cease-fire now. It would give them the perfect opportunity to re-arm, regenerate, and recruit replacement forces. Actually, they would recruit more people than before since the radicals in the Arab world, such as those in Iran and Syria, would see that Hezbollah won and was able to FORCE Israel, via the international powers, into laying down their arms.

2) Contradictory to the liberal and international MSM belief, Israel is using restraint. They have called up reserves, but they haven't used them yet. They are not carpet bombing or completely destroying the villages that they have told to evacuate. In fact, even-though Prime Minister Olmert has used the term "war" many times in his speeches over the past few weeks, he has not officially declared war. That is the definition of restraint. This restraint has resulted in more deaths, on both sides of the fence. Because Israel refuses to use its force properly, more soldiers have died as a result. More civilians and non-combatants have died as a result. It is an undeniable fact that, in war, when the side with superior force uses over-whelming force to over-whelm the enemy, lives are saved, and the fighting ends. Had Israel declared war from day 1, called up several thousand reservists, and evacuated the villages, would NOT be on day 22 of this battle. It would have been over by now, and lives on BOTH sides would have been saved.

3)The West and its liberal and MSM elite has to give up the idea that Israel is fighting an enemy that "shares" the same value system and speaks the same language as we do. As the husband pointed out, the rules of war and international law was written by the West, under western values, and these rules don't apply to Arab Islamofascists. One of the main facets of the Rules of War are shaped around the fact that it is assumed that when fighting an enemy, the enemy is fighting you to PROTECT and DEFEND their civilians. These rules do not apply to groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, because they exploit their civilians and use them in their PR war. Sacrificing their civilians is part of their strategy, NOT DEFENDING THEM. THEY DON'T SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE. These words came from Nasrallah's own mouth in a speech he gave earlier this year:

"Another [of the Zionists] is that both as individuals and as a collective, they are described by Allah as "the people who guard their lives most." Their strong adherence to this world, with all its vanities and pleasures, constitutes a weakness.

In contrast, our people and our nation's willingness to sacrifice their blood, souls, children, fathers, and families for the sake of the nation's honor, life, and happiness has always been one of our nation's strengths.

Think about those words the next time you see a "Qana" and the next time you think that if only the WEST would change their ways, the Arab world would feel better about us. It's a complete clash of cultures and ideals and values. It has nothing to do with "tolerance". Once you understand them and where they're coming from, only then can you defeat Islamofascism and send it back to where it belongs; the Dark Ages. If we don't learn to speak their language and understand what they value or don't value, then, as I've said before, the fight will end up on your door-step. That's what's at risk here. No risk has been this great since Nazism knocked on the world's door, and every-one decided to ignore them. Look at what the results were there. History is doomed to repeat itself because people make excuses and refuse to learn its lessons.
APPEASEMENT=DEATH

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