Yesterday, Israel released four Hizbullah prisoners in return for the bodies of two soldiers kidnapped by Hizbullah in 2006, the incident that provoked the 2006 Hizbullah-Israel war. The exchanges are bad policy overall, because they only encourage the Islamic fascists of Hizbullah and Hamas to do it again. (In fact, the kidnapping of the two IDF soldiers by Hizbullah inspired Hamas to pull the same trick a few days later when they kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit)
Hot Air has coverage of the heroes' welcome the four terrorists received in Lebanon, but I want to draw your attention to something in particular: notice the second photo in this article. That's Samir Kuntar, the Hizbullah wretch who, on a terrorist operation, shot a four-year old girl's father in the back before her eyes, then killed her by smashing her head open with his rifle butt. Now we see this pig after his release from an Israeli prison: fat, proud, and giving the Nazi salute over the grave of his terrorist hero, Imad Mugniyah.
This is just another example of the ideological sympathy between jihadist Islam and fascism.
So, I have to ask: Why bother negotiating with fascists, whether they're religious or secular? Either way, you inevitably either have to choose between surrender or fighting. Any negotiation is a sign of weakness on our part, and any "peace agreement" is just a waiting period the fascists use to get stronger. The same is true with jihadist Islam. Examine the concept of hudna, or "temporary cease fire," for example. The Olmert government in Israel once again proved the worth of this to the Islamofascists of the region: far from being an act of mutual mercy, the deal for Kuntar is a sign of weakness and abasement. And that's just the latest in a long line of examples stretching over centuries of the futility of negotiating with jihadists unless it is from a position of strength and with the certainty in their minds that they will receive crushing blows in return for any attacks.
What Olmert should have done, but what is apparently beyond his weak character, is to have refused to release Kuntar: "He committed an unforgivable atrocity and was justly convicted in a fair trial. He stays in jail. Any further attacks on Israel will mean not only retaliation against Hamas and Hizbullah, but direct, personal targeting of those groups' leaders. We will kill them." And then he should have followed through.
Churchill understood the dangers of "being reasonable" with fascists.
UPDATE: I need to point out this quote from the IDF's former chief rabbi, in case you didn't follow the links:
Rabbi Yisrael Weiss, former Chief Rabbi of the IDF, who was present during the transfer of the fallen soldiers yesterday, said that "the verification process yesterday was very slow, because, if we thought the enemy was cruel to the living and the dead, we were surprised, when we opened the caskets, to discover just how cruel. And I'll leave it at that."
Tell me again why Israel or anyone should negotiate with these savages?
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