Kidnapping
It is customary practice that when a person or persons are kidnapped that the police will first try to talk to the kidnappers while establishing plans for their release. In some instances negotiations go on for days.
No so with Israel.
Take one of theirs and you unleash a storm of retribution which escalates many times over.
Of course the kidnapper, knowing this to be the case, should be forewarned that he/she/they cannot be sure of the unintended consequences and history shows that Israel shows no mercy. But the consequences for Israel of this approach can hardly be seen as positive and it would appear that it now requires an increased force to make its point.
If this goes on one wonders if we are worrying about the wrong country in the Middle East when we worry about the use of the atom bomb.
No so with Israel.
Take one of theirs and you unleash a storm of retribution which escalates many times over.
Of course the kidnapper, knowing this to be the case, should be forewarned that he/she/they cannot be sure of the unintended consequences and history shows that Israel shows no mercy. But the consequences for Israel of this approach can hardly be seen as positive and it would appear that it now requires an increased force to make its point.
If this goes on one wonders if we are worrying about the wrong country in the Middle East when we worry about the use of the atom bomb.
Posted at 8/06/2006 01:40:00 AM UTC
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