I was going to make this for paid Subscribers only. But I decided that everyone needs to see it. FORGETTING LESSONS LEARNED THE HARD WAY When I read the constant exhortations from Joe Biden, Anthony Blinken, and others urging Israel to enter into a cease-fire with its mortal enemies and to participate in a “two-state solution” with those who have sworn to destroy it, I cannot help but reflect on the advice from General of the Armies Douglas MacArthur — lhard and bloody lessons learned in the Pacific from 1941 to 1945:
Thank-you for sharing this thought provoking article. It is not for us to decide who should be the prime minister of Israel, that is a decision for the people of Israel to make. Just the opinion of an old hermit.
Thanks for your thoughts. Democrats act like it's the Israelis who are presenting roadblocks to peace, but the Palestinians have repeatedly demonstrated the only "peace" they'll settle for is the complete destruction of Israel. People have short memories, but I remember the Palestinian's decades long airliner highjacking campaign, Black September murdering Israeli athletes (I was at the 72 Olympics), and Yasser Arafat turning down Clinton and Ehud Barak's peace deal that would have given him his Palestinian state - because he couldn't bring himself to recognize that Israel had a right to exist.
You can't make peace when the other side doesn't want it and repeatedly states they want you dead.
Why Democrats kowtow to the Hamas wing of their party is unfathomable to me. Although, given everything else they stand for I guess supporting an authoritarian tyranny over a democracy shouldn't be surprising.
You wrote: "Our guide explained that she and her fellow kibbutzniks were leftists who always believed that the civilian Palestinians had to be distinguished from Hamas. But after hearing women and children ransacking their home and threatening, and knowing that many civilians participated in the kidnappings, they’ve lost all faith." (Lost all faith in what, exactly? Hmm?)
Idiots. Absolute morons! Heads in the sand, moral midgets. Still, I grieve for them and their losses which are incomprehensible. But let this be a lesson to other "leftists" around the globe. When your enemies tell you who they are and what they want to do to you, listen!!! Put your childish, naïve leftist ideology aside and prepare and protect yourself.
Unfortunately, this type of behavior will continue as long as man refuses to listen to what God teaches about human nature. As long as people believe, foolishly, that "humans are basically good" and other nonsense, these sorts of "losing all faith" (faith in what, exactly? hm?) evils will happen over and over all over the globe.
Thanks for the update. And please stand with Israel and the Jewish people. They are the canaries in the coal mine for the rest of civilization.
Bibi and his policies may not be popular with the majority of Israelis, but when it comes to genuine love of Country, and a willingness to protect it, they couldn't find a better leader. If you need proof, Bibi has stood up to Blinken, and told him, and the entire Biden Administration, that Israel will go it alone, if necessary, but they will not capitulate and accept any foolish two State solution. Bravo!
Maybe Israel should be run by Ghengis Khan for the duration of the war. Failing that, Curtis LeMay.
One might note that after LeMay's harsh works, the war ended, period. Japan prospered and the USA was respected. LeMay did what necessary, not what the clever chattering classes would praise.
If Bibi wins the war decisively, I can see public opinion doing a 180. Pearl Harbor happened on FDR's watch, but he turned it around with a resolute response and was resoundingly re-elected in 1944.
Why wouldn’t a true American patriot support Israel? Didn’t Americans provided a shining path to Israelites by cleansing the continent of its inhabitants, putting survivors into reservations and forever locking them into degrading dependence on their victors? All Israel doing is following its sponsor’s footsteps. The blah blah about bad HAMAS and innocent Jews is to make a semblance of justification for 30:1 score. Apache yesterday, Arabs today and tomorrow. Just stop putting out hot air and be honest.
Thank you. Good to be informed about the situation there. There is no substitute for victory. If only our leaders understood that. I support Israel. At 73, I've paid attention to events concerning Israel. The Palelstinians were tools of nations with other agendas. They brought this on again and again again. Karma's a bitch. We should know. We've been getting that ourselves. The American way of war is a proven loser.
The info about civilian Palestinians helping the Hamas on Oct 7 needs more extensive publication.
Thank-you for sharing this thought provoking article. It is not for us to decide who should be the prime minister of Israel, that is a decision for the people of Israel to make. Just the opinion of an old hermit.
Accounts like this need to be enshrined in our memories, and the memories of our children, and our children's children.
It's essential to understand the enemies of humanity, and the need to resist the influence of the hapless world leaders who enable them.
Thanks for these accounts from inside Israel. Your Substack is always a must-read.
Thanks for your thoughts. Democrats act like it's the Israelis who are presenting roadblocks to peace, but the Palestinians have repeatedly demonstrated the only "peace" they'll settle for is the complete destruction of Israel. People have short memories, but I remember the Palestinian's decades long airliner highjacking campaign, Black September murdering Israeli athletes (I was at the 72 Olympics), and Yasser Arafat turning down Clinton and Ehud Barak's peace deal that would have given him his Palestinian state - because he couldn't bring himself to recognize that Israel had a right to exist.
You can't make peace when the other side doesn't want it and repeatedly states they want you dead.
Why Democrats kowtow to the Hamas wing of their party is unfathomable to me. Although, given everything else they stand for I guess supporting an authoritarian tyranny over a democracy shouldn't be surprising.
You wrote: "Our guide explained that she and her fellow kibbutzniks were leftists who always believed that the civilian Palestinians had to be distinguished from Hamas. But after hearing women and children ransacking their home and threatening, and knowing that many civilians participated in the kidnappings, they’ve lost all faith." (Lost all faith in what, exactly? Hmm?)
Idiots. Absolute morons! Heads in the sand, moral midgets. Still, I grieve for them and their losses which are incomprehensible. But let this be a lesson to other "leftists" around the globe. When your enemies tell you who they are and what they want to do to you, listen!!! Put your childish, naïve leftist ideology aside and prepare and protect yourself.
Unfortunately, this type of behavior will continue as long as man refuses to listen to what God teaches about human nature. As long as people believe, foolishly, that "humans are basically good" and other nonsense, these sorts of "losing all faith" (faith in what, exactly? hm?) evils will happen over and over all over the globe.
Thanks for the update. And please stand with Israel and the Jewish people. They are the canaries in the coal mine for the rest of civilization.
Bibi and his policies may not be popular with the majority of Israelis, but when it comes to genuine love of Country, and a willingness to protect it, they couldn't find a better leader. If you need proof, Bibi has stood up to Blinken, and told him, and the entire Biden Administration, that Israel will go it alone, if necessary, but they will not capitulate and accept any foolish two State solution. Bravo!
Maybe Israel should be run by Ghengis Khan for the duration of the war. Failing that, Curtis LeMay.
One might note that after LeMay's harsh works, the war ended, period. Japan prospered and the USA was respected. LeMay did what necessary, not what the clever chattering classes would praise.
If Bibi wins the war decisively, I can see public opinion doing a 180. Pearl Harbor happened on FDR's watch, but he turned it around with a resolute response and was resoundingly re-elected in 1944.
Why wouldn’t a true American patriot support Israel? Didn’t Americans provided a shining path to Israelites by cleansing the continent of its inhabitants, putting survivors into reservations and forever locking them into degrading dependence on their victors? All Israel doing is following its sponsor’s footsteps. The blah blah about bad HAMAS and innocent Jews is to make a semblance of justification for 30:1 score. Apache yesterday, Arabs today and tomorrow. Just stop putting out hot air and be honest.
Thank you. Good to be informed about the situation there. There is no substitute for victory. If only our leaders understood that. I support Israel. At 73, I've paid attention to events concerning Israel. The Palelstinians were tools of nations with other agendas. They brought this on again and again again. Karma's a bitch. We should know. We've been getting that ourselves. The American way of war is a proven loser.