And it's about freakin' time
You might be thinking that the title of this post refers to the fact that it's been almost two months since I've posted here.
Sorry about that. Time's weird in Jerusalem, and I feel like it hasn't been nearly that long. But I'll be saying more in the coming days, I'm sure, so much so that you might just get sick of reading what I'll write.
Meanwhile, I'm jumping on now for a minute before I finally crash out to go to sleep, just to say that the title of this post refers to how proud I am that my weak-kneed, yellow-bellied government finally grew some intestinal fortitude and decided to do something about the rocket attacks that have been coming from Gaza for the last 3.5 years.
Last week, our military started an air war. Tonight they started the ground war.
Gazans have been warned flat-out -- if you store weapons or hide terrorists, you're a terrorist. Period. End of story. Stop it, or you are in danger. If you're hiding weapons in your mosques, your kindergartens, your hospitals, your homes -- you are to blame for the deaths of whomever is killed when we attack your weapons and terrorists. Period. End of story. If you hide guns in your "holy" places, it is YOU who are defiling those places -- not us. If you hide behind your wives and children while firing rockets, it is YOU who killed the wives and children -- not us.
Stop it, you inhuman cranks. If you want to fight -- fight, but don't be the cowards who let others die for them -- if you're willing to die for your cause, so be it -- don't make that decision for the little children.
Now I pray that our leaders have the tools they need, and give our soldiers everything they need, for this to be a successful mission. Our soldiers should be safe.
For any of you who are wondering -- the rocket attacks now have hit two places I travel through on a regular basis; Be'er Sheva and Kiryat Malachi. Both places are approximately 30+ miles from Gaza. That means areas like Tel Aviv are FAR within the boundaries of their missiles now.
If we don't get them now, they'll just continue to smuggle in more and more dangerous weaponry.
We have to do this now.
Sorry about that. Time's weird in Jerusalem, and I feel like it hasn't been nearly that long. But I'll be saying more in the coming days, I'm sure, so much so that you might just get sick of reading what I'll write.
Meanwhile, I'm jumping on now for a minute before I finally crash out to go to sleep, just to say that the title of this post refers to how proud I am that my weak-kneed, yellow-bellied government finally grew some intestinal fortitude and decided to do something about the rocket attacks that have been coming from Gaza for the last 3.5 years.
Last week, our military started an air war. Tonight they started the ground war.
Gazans have been warned flat-out -- if you store weapons or hide terrorists, you're a terrorist. Period. End of story. Stop it, or you are in danger. If you're hiding weapons in your mosques, your kindergartens, your hospitals, your homes -- you are to blame for the deaths of whomever is killed when we attack your weapons and terrorists. Period. End of story. If you hide guns in your "holy" places, it is YOU who are defiling those places -- not us. If you hide behind your wives and children while firing rockets, it is YOU who killed the wives and children -- not us.
Stop it, you inhuman cranks. If you want to fight -- fight, but don't be the cowards who let others die for them -- if you're willing to die for your cause, so be it -- don't make that decision for the little children.
Now I pray that our leaders have the tools they need, and give our soldiers everything they need, for this to be a successful mission. Our soldiers should be safe.
For any of you who are wondering -- the rocket attacks now have hit two places I travel through on a regular basis; Be'er Sheva and Kiryat Malachi. Both places are approximately 30+ miles from Gaza. That means areas like Tel Aviv are FAR within the boundaries of their missiles now.
If we don't get them now, they'll just continue to smuggle in more and more dangerous weaponry.
We have to do this now.
posted by M at 01:09
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