Comments on: The asymmetric humanity http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/03/1969 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Dan http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/03/1969/comment-page-1#comment-19880 Dan Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:59:50 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/03/1969#comment-19880 You need to expand the realm of the possible. Agree to the exchange. And arrange to strike at those you release as soon as you get your hands on your own. You've bargained before for prisoners you were led to believe were still alive, but were returned to you dead. It's time to repay the favour. But don't kill them prior to the exchange, get them at the exchange point. And do it for the cameras, because you just know al jazeera will be on hand. Your enemies need to be reminded that they trifle with Israelis at their peril. Exchange them, and at the exchange site, arrange for your Air Force to pay a little visit. Get them all. And the other thing, you guys need to start staging some snatch operations in Iran and Syria. If your enemy slips across your borders to grab people. Then you do likewise. And make sure those you grab are connected to the ruling regime. Ever since the conclusion of Netanyahu's stewardship, there can be discerned a want of grit in Israeli foreign policy. Two things have been noted in Israeli foreign policy since the creation of the state, and those two characteristics have gone a long way towards securing the warm regard of the American people. They are grit and flair. We're not seeing too much of either of late. You're dealing with pirates, not soldiers, not states who subscribe to international norms. And lastly, Israel needs to desperately rethink the death penalty. The entire basis against the death penalty is that life imprisonment is a fair punishment. But if that punishment is not served, wherefore the morality of sparing profoundly evil people. Moreover, you have reason to know now that muslims are likely to be sought for purposes of exchange. So these people won't even come close to serving their full sentences. Thus the sentences become increasingly nothing but legal fictions. You need to expand the realm of the possible. Agree to the exchange. And arrange to strike at those you release as soon as you get your hands on your own.

You’ve bargained before for prisoners you were led to believe were still alive, but were returned to you dead.

It’s time to repay the favour. But don’t kill them prior to the exchange, get them at the exchange point. And do it for the cameras, because you just know al jazeera will be on hand. Your enemies need to be reminded that they trifle with Israelis at their peril.
Exchange them, and at the exchange site, arrange for your Air Force to pay a little visit. Get them all.

And the other thing, you guys need to start staging some snatch operations in Iran and Syria. If your enemy slips across your borders to grab people. Then you do likewise. And make sure those you grab are connected to the ruling regime.

Ever since the conclusion of Netanyahu’s stewardship, there can be discerned a want of grit in Israeli foreign policy.

Two things have been noted in Israeli foreign policy since the creation of the state, and those two characteristics have gone a long way towards securing the warm regard of the American people. They are grit and flair.

We’re not seeing too much of either of late.

You’re dealing with pirates, not soldiers, not states who subscribe to international norms.

And lastly, Israel needs to desperately rethink the death penalty. The entire basis against the death penalty is that life imprisonment is a fair punishment. But if that punishment is not served, wherefore the morality of sparing profoundly evil people.

Moreover, you have reason to know now that muslims are likely to be sought for purposes of exchange. So these people won’t even come close to serving their full sentences. Thus the sentences become increasingly nothing but legal fictions.

]]> By: chsw http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/03/1969/comment-page-1#comment-19877 chsw Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:03:30 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/03/1969#comment-19877 From what I understand, it is modus operandi of the Palestinians to occasionally offer swaps for Arad, Baumel, and all of the other MIA Israeli soldiers and airmen. To my knowledge, there have been no confirmable proofs of life for any of these men. There has only been hopes raised and then razed for their families. Hence, Israel should consider a new policy, and the USA should emulate it when and if it becomes necessary. Execute those convicted of terrorism - especially those requested by the terrorists who proffer swaps. chsw From what I understand, it is modus operandi of the Palestinians to occasionally offer swaps for Arad, Baumel, and all of the other MIA Israeli soldiers and airmen. To my knowledge, there have been no confirmable proofs of life for any of these men. There has only been hopes raised and then razed for their families. Hence, Israel should consider a new policy, and the USA should emulate it when and if it becomes necessary. Execute those convicted of terrorism – especially those requested by the terrorists who proffer swaps.

chsw

]]> By: Paul M http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/03/1969/comment-page-1#comment-19871 Paul M Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:43:52 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/09/03/1969#comment-19871 Bravo to the Times for a clear, honest headline (and a decent article). It would be very hard not to agree to Kuntar's release if that meant that Goldwasser and Regev were left captive to Hezbollah, but it's too high a price. The thought of Kuntar being feted as a hero across the Arab world makes you want to vomit, and we all know by now that the rest of the media won't be as frank about who he is as the Times. I still think Israel should make a public offer to let Kuntar serve the remainder of his four life sentences in some trustworthy third country—I'm voting for Australia (because I can't think of many other countries I trust), preferably one of the more desolate bits—and draw the line there. Bravo to the Times for a clear, honest headline (and a decent article).

It would be very hard not to agree to Kuntar’s release if that meant that Goldwasser and Regev were left captive to Hezbollah, but it’s too high a price. The thought of Kuntar being feted as a hero across the Arab world makes you want to vomit, and we all know by now that the rest of the media won’t be as frank about who he is as the Times.

I still think Israel should make a public offer to let Kuntar serve the remainder of his four life sentences in some trustworthy third country—I’m voting for Australia (because I can’t think of many other countries I trust), preferably one of the more desolate bits—and draw the line there.

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