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Nebraska Alliance - Times Herald
Lincoln, NE July 19, 2006
Why the world should stand back and let Israel do what it has
to do. Dave Wilson, Capt. retired, US Navy.
When I was in the Navy, I once witnessed a bar fight in downtown Olongapo (Philippines) that still haunts my dreams. The fight was between a big oafish Marine and a rather soft-spoken, medium sized Latino sailor from my ship.
All evening the Marine had been trying to pick a fight with one
of us and had finally set his sights on this diminutive shipmate of
mine... figuring him for a safe target. When my friend refused to
be goaded into a fight the Marine sucker punched him from behind on
the side of the head so hard that blood instantly started to pour
from this poor man's mutilated ear.
Everyone present was horrified and was prepared to absolutely
murder this Marine, but my shipmate quickly turned on him and began
to single-handedly back him towards a corner with a series of
stinging jabs and upper cuts that gave more than a hint to a youth
spent boxing in a small gym in the Bronx.
Each punch opened a cut on the Marine's startled face and by
the time he had been backed completely into the corner he was
blubbering for someone to stop the fight. He invoked his split
lips and chipped teeth as reasons to stop the fight. He begged us to stop the fight because he could barely see through the river of blood that was pouring out of his split and swollen brows.
Nobody moved. Not one person.
The only sound in the bar was the sickening staccato sound of
this sailor's lightning fast fists making contact with new areas of
the Marine's head. The only sound I have heard since that was
remotely similar was from the first Rocky film when Sylvester
Stallone was punching sides of beef in the meat locker.
Finally the Marine's pleading turned to screams.... a high,
almost womanly shriek. And still the punches continued relentlessly.
Several people in the bar took a few tentative steps
as though they wanted to try to break it up at that point, but
hands reached out from the crowd and held them tight. I'm not
ashamed to say that mine were two of the hands that held someone back. You see, in between each blow the sailor had begun chanting a
soft cadence: "Say [punch] you [punch] give [punch] up [punch]...
say [punch] you [punch]were [punch] wrong [punch]".
He had been repeating it to the Marine almost from the start but
we only became aware of it when the typical barroom cheers had died down and we began to be sickened by the sight and sound of the carnage.
This Marine stood there shrieking in the corner of the bar trying
futilely to block the carefully timed punches that were cutting his
head to tatters... right down to the skull in places. But he refused
to say that he gave up... or that he was wrong.
Even in the delirium of his beating he believed in his heart that
someone would stop the fight before he had to admit defeat. I'm
sure this strategy had served him well in the past and had allowed
him to continue on his career as a barroom bully.
Finally, in a wail of agony the Marine shrieked "I give up", and
we gently backed the sailor away from him.
I'm sure you can guess why I have shared this story today.
I'm not particularly proud to have been witness to such a bloody
spectacle, and the sound of that Marine's woman-like shrieks will
haunt me to my grave. But I learned something that evening that
Israel had better learn for itself if it is to finally be rid of at
least one of its tormentors:
This is one time an Arab aggressor must be allowed to be beaten
so badly that every civilized nation will stand in horror, wanting
desperately to step in and stop the carnage... But knowing that the
fight will only truly be over when one side gives up and finally
admits defeat.
Just as every person who had ever rescued that bully from
admitting defeat helped create the cowardly brute I saw that
evening in the bar, every well-intentioned power that has ever
stepped in and negotiated a ceasefire for an Arab aggressor has
helped create the monsters we see around us today.
President Lahoud of Lebanon, a big Hezbollah supporter and a close
ally of Syria, has been shrieking non-stop to the UN Security
Council for the past two days to get them to force Israel into a
cease fire.
Clearly he has been reading his autographed copy of 'Military
Success for Dummies Arab Despots' by the late Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. Ever since Nasser accidentally discovered the trick in '56,
every subsequent Arab leader has stuck to his tried and true
formula for military success: Instigate a war.
Once the war is well underway and you are in the process of
having your ass handed to you... get a few world powers to
force your western opponent into a cease fire.
Whatever you do, don't surrender or submit to any terms dictated by your enemy. That would ruin everything! All you have to do is wait it out and eventually the world will become sickened at what is being done to your soldiers and civilian population... and will force a truce.
Once a truce has been called you can resume your intransigence
(which probably caused the conflict in the first place), and even
declare victory as your opponent leaves the field of battle.
This tactic has never failed. Not once.
In fact it worked so well for the Egyptians in 1973, that to this
day they celebrate the Yom Kippur War - a crushing defeat at the
hands of Israel - as a military victory! No kidding... it's a
national holiday over there!
President Lahoud has already begun to shriek like a school girl
to the UN Security Council to "Stop the violence and arrange a
cease-fire, and then after that we'll be ready to discuss all
matters."
Uh huh. Forgive me if I find that a tad hard to swallow. He
allowed Hezbollah to take over his country. He allowed the regular
Lebanese army to provide radar targeting data for the Hezbollah
missile that struck the Israeli destroyer.
He has turned a blind eye while Iranian and Syrian weapons,
advisers and money have poured into his country. And now that
his country is in ruins he wants to call it a draw.
As much as it may sicken the world to stand by and watch it happen, strong hands need to hold back the weak-hearted And let the fight continue until one side finally admits Unambiguous defeat.
Lincoln, NE July 19, 2006
Why the world should stand back and let Israel do what it has
to do. Dave Wilson, Capt. retired, US Navy.
When I was in the Navy, I once witnessed a bar fight in downtown Olongapo (Philippines) that still haunts my dreams. The fight was between a big oafish Marine and a rather soft-spoken, medium sized Latino sailor from my ship.
All evening the Marine had been trying to pick a fight with one
of us and had finally set his sights on this diminutive shipmate of
mine... figuring him for a safe target. When my friend refused to
be goaded into a fight the Marine sucker punched him from behind on
the side of the head so hard that blood instantly started to pour
from this poor man's mutilated ear.
Everyone present was horrified and was prepared to absolutely
murder this Marine, but my shipmate quickly turned on him and began
to single-handedly back him towards a corner with a series of
stinging jabs and upper cuts that gave more than a hint to a youth
spent boxing in a small gym in the Bronx.
Each punch opened a cut on the Marine's startled face and by
the time he had been backed completely into the corner he was
blubbering for someone to stop the fight. He invoked his split
lips and chipped teeth as reasons to stop the fight. He begged us to stop the fight because he could barely see through the river of blood that was pouring out of his split and swollen brows.
Nobody moved. Not one person.
The only sound in the bar was the sickening staccato sound of
this sailor's lightning fast fists making contact with new areas of
the Marine's head. The only sound I have heard since that was
remotely similar was from the first Rocky film when Sylvester
Stallone was punching sides of beef in the meat locker.
Finally the Marine's pleading turned to screams.... a high,
almost womanly shriek. And still the punches continued relentlessly.
Several people in the bar took a few tentative steps
as though they wanted to try to break it up at that point, but
hands reached out from the crowd and held them tight. I'm not
ashamed to say that mine were two of the hands that held someone back. You see, in between each blow the sailor had begun chanting a
soft cadence: "Say [punch] you [punch] give [punch] up [punch]...
say [punch] you [punch]were [punch] wrong [punch]".
He had been repeating it to the Marine almost from the start but
we only became aware of it when the typical barroom cheers had died down and we began to be sickened by the sight and sound of the carnage.
This Marine stood there shrieking in the corner of the bar trying
futilely to block the carefully timed punches that were cutting his
head to tatters... right down to the skull in places. But he refused
to say that he gave up... or that he was wrong.
Even in the delirium of his beating he believed in his heart that
someone would stop the fight before he had to admit defeat. I'm
sure this strategy had served him well in the past and had allowed
him to continue on his career as a barroom bully.
Finally, in a wail of agony the Marine shrieked "I give up", and
we gently backed the sailor away from him.
I'm sure you can guess why I have shared this story today.
I'm not particularly proud to have been witness to such a bloody
spectacle, and the sound of that Marine's woman-like shrieks will
haunt me to my grave. But I learned something that evening that
Israel had better learn for itself if it is to finally be rid of at
least one of its tormentors:
This is one time an Arab aggressor must be allowed to be beaten
so badly that every civilized nation will stand in horror, wanting
desperately to step in and stop the carnage... But knowing that the
fight will only truly be over when one side gives up and finally
admits defeat.
Just as every person who had ever rescued that bully from
admitting defeat helped create the cowardly brute I saw that
evening in the bar, every well-intentioned power that has ever
stepped in and negotiated a ceasefire for an Arab aggressor has
helped create the monsters we see around us today.
President Lahoud of Lebanon, a big Hezbollah supporter and a close
ally of Syria, has been shrieking non-stop to the UN Security
Council for the past two days to get them to force Israel into a
cease fire.
Clearly he has been reading his autographed copy of 'Military
Success for Dummies Arab Despots' by the late Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. Ever since Nasser accidentally discovered the trick in '56,
every subsequent Arab leader has stuck to his tried and true
formula for military success: Instigate a war.
Once the war is well underway and you are in the process of
having your ass handed to you... get a few world powers to
force your western opponent into a cease fire.
Whatever you do, don't surrender or submit to any terms dictated by your enemy. That would ruin everything! All you have to do is wait it out and eventually the world will become sickened at what is being done to your soldiers and civilian population... and will force a truce.
Once a truce has been called you can resume your intransigence
(which probably caused the conflict in the first place), and even
declare victory as your opponent leaves the field of battle.
This tactic has never failed. Not once.
In fact it worked so well for the Egyptians in 1973, that to this
day they celebrate the Yom Kippur War - a crushing defeat at the
hands of Israel - as a military victory! No kidding... it's a
national holiday over there!
President Lahoud has already begun to shriek like a school girl
to the UN Security Council to "Stop the violence and arrange a
cease-fire, and then after that we'll be ready to discuss all
matters."
Uh huh. Forgive me if I find that a tad hard to swallow. He
allowed Hezbollah to take over his country. He allowed the regular
Lebanese army to provide radar targeting data for the Hezbollah
missile that struck the Israeli destroyer.
He has turned a blind eye while Iranian and Syrian weapons,
advisers and money have poured into his country. And now that
his country is in ruins he wants to call it a draw.
As much as it may sicken the world to stand by and watch it happen, strong hands need to hold back the weak-hearted And let the fight continue until one side finally admits Unambiguous defeat.
NoRulez
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Totally upside-down world scenario. Just be thankful that the sacred birth 2000 years ago took place in Bethlehem, Israel and not Bethlehem, Free State.
That would have really put SA in the spotlight instead of Israel...
That would have really put SA in the spotlight instead of Israel...