Meir, your analysis of our hostage deal in Israel is spot on, but you cannot call out the failures of appeasement on one hand, while praising its glories on the other.
Yes, who wishes more than all of us in Israel that diplomacy could win out with Iran, after all whether we strike or not we in the end in Israel will pay the biggest price, but I’d rather pay now than when Iran has nuclear bombs! Having the US inch closer to appeasing the Iranian regime will bring no better result than us appeasing the Hezbollah. This in the end will empower Syria, empower Iran, is a tasty appetizer for the many in the west who don’t think it would be so bad to feed the Iranian crocodile all of Israel itself, to keep them quiet in Qom.. That is unacceptable.
It needs to be clear we are prepared to fight, whether the rest of the world likes it or not, that the price of gasoline does not determine the fate of the people of Israel, the people of Israel determine their own fate as that is the very definition of an independent Jewish State. Would we rather our allies stand with us, of course! America is the most powerful country in the world by exponents, but Israel cannot wait forever. At some point the unfortunate bride waiting at the altar needs to realize the groom may not show up to the party.
This weakness, always unwilling to go forward, to act out internationally what is said either diplomatically or any other way tells us in Israel all we need to know I think, it also tells the Iranians all they need to know. Of late our own government, the picture in the dictionary next to weakness so far has embraced this technique, fancying itself ‘brilliant’ like Liberals in Europe!! Woohoo! – It has been an utter disaster so far on every front.
