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2006-12-06 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Goldwasser: If My Son is Dead, Don't Release Any Terrorists

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-06 11:53|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Don't release any terrorists, period. It encourages further hostage taking and puts the potential hostage takers out on the street.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-12-06 11:58|| 2006-12-06 11:58|| Front Page Top

#2 How tragic when a hostage's family exhibits more sense than Israel's own Prime Minister.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-06 15:08|| 2006-12-06 15:08|| Front Page Top

#3 The Israeli govt never used to play the terrorist's hostage game. Remember the Entebbe rescue raid in Uganda? Hell, even a movie was made about it with Charles Bronson. What has happened to the Israeli govt to now sink so low to even entertain the thought of releasing terrorists for hostages?

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-12-06 16:23|| 2006-12-06 16:23|| Front Page Top

#4 What has happened to the Israeli govt to now sink so low to even entertain the thought of releasing terrorists for hostages?

The continual grind of PC, UN and Euro condemnation.

Israel must recognize that these forces are their enemy and begin acting on that basis.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-06 16:43|| 2006-12-06 16:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Glad I'm not there. I feel for Mr.Goldwasser.

To wax masturbatory delusions of grandeur; if I had the power in Israel I'd do the terronutz one better, first I'd call for the media blackout, and then for everyday they keep an IDF soldier hostage I'd kill a terrorist prisoner and send them their nose in a brown paper bag. If I ran out of prisoners (or brown paper bags) I'd start D-9ing known terror-sympathizing neighborhoods one building a day. I'm not sure of Israeli laws but I wonder why Kuntar continues to live to this day.

Seriously, it seems there is little room for any negotiations w/any arab organization. All the ones at war w/israel cannot be satisfied by any land deals, the only thing that would satisfy them is no israel. IMHO, the israelis need to go on the offensive and make their enemies capitulate. For every kassam, there needs to be a disproportionate and horrifying response. The world will bitch, but they would bitch anyways.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-12-06 19:17|| 2006-12-06 19:17|| Front Page Top

#6 AP: What has happened to the Israeli govt to now sink so low to even entertain the thought of releasing terrorists for hostages?

Zenster: The continual grind of PC, UN and Euro condemnation.

Israel must recognize that these forces are their enemy and begin acting on that basis.

The argument in Israeli politics has always been about how to get the Arabs to accept Israel and llve in peace. Both the iron hand and the olive branch have been tried, but no Israeli government has really accepted the necessity of permanent war. Unfortunately, as Zenster points out, when your opponent considers you a blot on the landscape and will only accept your eradication, it's either perpetual struggle, evacuation or extermination. It's a hell of a future for a nation to face.

Posted by Elmeregum Ebbeasing7785 2006-12-06 23:27|| 2006-12-06 23:27|| Front Page Top

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