The Lesson: No matter how smart you are, a professional shortchange artist will win out. He is a pro. He does this day in and day out.
How To Stop The Short Change Artist: You simply MUST NOT PLAY HIS GAME. At the the first hint of the scam, my employees were told to close the register and call security. They were specifically told NOT to try to outsmart or "keep up" with the short change artist.
How does this apply to Israel and the redeployment? Very simple. Think of Yassir Arafat and the US State Department as short change artists. They set up a scam called "Oslo" and the "peace process." They exchange promises for territory. They keep the territory but never keep their promises. Like I said, it is a scam.
Along comes the new Likud Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu, who believes that he is smart enough to control the GAME. Only he can’t. No one can. He is up against pros who have been scamming nations for decades.
The State Department has reneged on commitment after solemn commitment to the Jewish State. (See latest Yoram Ettinger article in Ynet.com on 10-18) Still they continue, pledging friendship, while surgically inserting knives in our backs.
This high drama of maps, Sharon’s or Mordechai’s, is just another manifestation of the attempt to control the GAME. There is only one way to win for Israel: Don’t play!
Bibi must announce to the world that the cash register of Eretz Yisrael is closed. The GAME is over. The scam is through.
2, Why does Israel refuse to win the military, strategic and political war with the Arabs? Long ago, I decided that there was no Arab-Israeli Conflict. What there was in reality was: One long war of Arab Extermination Against Israel and the Jewish People. From the Nazis to the Islamo nazis, history has proven me correct.
Why do Israeli military and political try to ignore this reality and hide it from the Israeli public? There is only one way to deal with the enemy in war: DEFEAT, DESTROY, AN AND EXTIRPATE him.
TIME FOR ISRAEL AND AMERICA TO END THEIR POLICY OF RESTRAINT
By Bernard J. Shapiro (2001)
Freeman Center For Strategic Studies
"He who is merciful when he should be cruel will in the end be cruel when he should be merciful."...Midrash Samuel (Jewish rabbinic text from early Middle Ages)
From the very early days of the Haganah and continuing with the emerging Israel Defense Forces (IDF), there was a policy of self-restraint or havlagah. This policy mandated that defenders could only return fire, hold their positions, and never to engage in counter-terror. This policy was based on the false premise that the Arab masses did not support the war against the Yishuv (the Jewish population before independence) and then the State of Israel and would be brought into the conflict if Israeli forces were too aggressive.
There were some good and practical reasons for restraint in the early days. There was legitimate fear that the British would cut off immigration if the Jews were to go on the offensive against the Arabs. Havlagah was essentially a Haganah (Labor/Socialist) policy and many supporters of Jabotinsky's Revisionist Zionist movement broke off from them to form fighting units (Irgun Zvai Leumi and Stern) unrestrained by that policy.
The modern IDF was dominated by Labor and quickly adopted the policy of restraint and the concept of "purity of arms" as its official doctrine. The later reinforced the former by adding that a soldier should never have to obey an illegal order to commit some atrocity. The enemy, including prisoners of war, should be treated with dignity and civilian populations should be spared as much harm as possible, even if this causes greater Israeli casualties. There was some flexibility in this strict moral code.
This policy of restraint may have been practical during the pre-state days and even during the early years of Israeli independence. These periods were characterized by weakness and relative dependence on foreign goodwill.
Following the Six Day War in 1967, the need for havlagah decreased and the damage it caused began to become more evident. Israel became the preeminent power in the Middle East, yet failed to grasp the strategic opportunities that came with such dominance. Here are some of the historical highlights of the failed policy of restraint:
That power should have been used forcefully terminate the Arab War of Extermination against Israel and the Jewish People.
My prayer is that the leaders of Israel will finally learn that critical lesson.
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Bernard J. Shapiro is chairman of the Freeman Center For Strategic Studies
and editor of all its publications.
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[Freeman Center Note: Considering the Jewish historical experience with weakness, ALL Jews (and, of course, Israelis) should be armed and able to defend themselves. Any attempt by the government to disarm Jews should be resisted by force. Better to die a free man than to live as a slave. Any attempt by the U.S, Europe or the UN to limit Israeli military freedom of action should be prevented!]
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WAKE UP O ISRAEL, THEY ARE COMING TO KILL US!...Bernard
The Freeman Center Salutes All Warriors of Zion
For Never Tiring of Telling the Israeli People
And the Jews Everwhere the Harsh Realities of Our Survival in A Cruel World.....Bernard
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