Yo, Yo

Here we go again

--As I sit down to write these words, I am listening to the constant and dramatic chatter on the radio as "the situation" flares up once again in Gaza.

Here we go again. This round was ticked off by a special ops Israeli reconnaissance incursion that seemed to have gone wrong.

A colonel was killed and another officer was wounded before the remaining force was extricated under very heavy cover fire.

Sounds like a mission a thousand miles behind enemy lines, like a scene from "Black Hawk down..."
Not really. This furious clash took place a few hundred feet inside of Gaza.

Remember Gaza? That's the part of Eretz Yisroel that Israel gave 90% of to Arafat in 1993 (Gaza and Jericho first").

This was the opening stage of the greater "Land for Peace" strategy presented by our "best and brightest"

Remember? Rabin, Peres, and company.

Rabin: "There will be no rockets from Gaza"

Peres: Haha,"Kassam (rockets) Kashmam..)"

Despite the menacing presence of Arafat and his armed terrorists ( or "peace partners" if you saw the big picture we were told) ten thousand Jewish pioneers did not flee, They redoubled their efforts in making the desert bloom with amazing results.

Their children had to travel in armored school buses. Mortar rounds landed everywhere and at any time - yet they stayed. They believed that they were the flack jackets for the rest of the country. They drew the attention and the fire which allowed Jewish communities just outside Gaza to be at peace. (These Leftist communities were solid supporters of the idea of bringing Arafat into Gaza and did not show much concern about Jews being targeted in places "they should not have been in the first place".) It seemed to be happening on another planet and not just a few hundred yards away.

Those who stubbornly clung to beloved Eretz Yisroel and would not bear to have Arafat take that too, paid a heavy price. Their cemeteries began to receive their young and old as the Israeli government saw them as a nuisance and obstacle to making peace.

In 2005 the government (Sharon) surprised all by deciding to give the rest of Gaza to the terrorists and thus finally bring peace and quiet.

Sharon: "There will be no rockets fired from Gaza".

It was too much of a burden on the IDF to protect the Jews there.

So they were forcefully expelled. Gaza became Judenrein.

Since then, the IDF has had to concentrate twenty times larger forces on the Gaza borders as tens of thousands of Hamas rockets rain down on millions of Israelis; as tunnels pop up under their homes used to kill and abduct.

A few hours ago, an anti-tank missile destroyed a military bus on the border. One young soldier is mortally wounded.

When did they get these weapons? Not when we were there.

The communities that serenely watched ten thousand Jews dragged from their homes in Gaza a few years ago, now spend countless nights (like tonight) in bomb shelters. Half of the Negev crops and forests have recently been lit aflame by Hamas.

Hamas plays us like a yo-yo. 

They, and only they decide when things heat up.

We run to shelters

We react.

Thousands of supply trucks sent in daily. Millions of dollars in cash delivered. Electricity and water supplied by us.

What would Churchill have said about this strategy of defeating a sworn enemy?

But that is exactly the problem. We refuse to treat our sworn enemies as real enemies. For their part, they are engaged in a total and relentless war against us. Israel sees it as a "situation”.

We are afraid of the “W" word.

We call them on the phone to warn them before we target them. I mean, ..someone just might get hurt.

That would look horrible on CNN.

War, real war, might mean actually having to defeat them. Then what?
We might have to declare that Eretz Yisroel is actually ours and is not barter chips to be traded in an illusionary political deal ( continuing appeasement).

Until we have the courage to admit our horrible mistakes and deal with our enemies as just that, the yo-yo is in their hands.

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