There is NO Dealmaking with Islamists, No Matter How ‘Artful’

By Tom Budds 

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 I support Israel's complete and total defeat of the Islamist culture of death that seeks the annihilation of the Judeo-Christian "Enlightenment" of the West, but are the broken hearts of Israel's hostage families being successfully exploited by the "Intifada" apparatus extending the war and its casualties? Haven't "negotiations" proven to be a cascade of Islamist lies, further exacerbated with loose talk of "Nobel Prizes"?

The "hostage" protests in Israel deserve some clear-eyed discussion as it relates to war fighting, the "costs" to be paid for victory, and by whom. Innocent hostages and their families everywhere deserve our best efforts for rescue, but what constitutes best efforts and priority when faced with issues of hostage taking while engaged in kinetic hostilities?

Communist influenced protests during the Vietnam War accomplished what the enemy couldn’t, breaking America's determination for victory. America's restraint of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu's strategic war plan seems to be snatching defeat from a swift victory.

President Trump stated no more endless wars proving the point with the swift defeat of ISIS. Where has that quick decisive victory strategy and no negotiating with terrorists’ policy gone? Suddenly, talk of Nobel Prizes seems to be influencing hostage negotiation tactics, putting Israel’s military juggernaut on hold while soldier in harm's way keep dying.

It's also fair to ask whether you want your son or daughter dying for the "rescue" of hostage 'remains', or are they more safely collected following victory? How many "neighbors' kids must die attempting the rescue of the remaining rather than minimizing all loss of life with a swift victory?

Bibi Netanyahu has been unable to proceed to a swift and decisive victory because of leftists protests and an unwise attempt to apply "The Art of the Deal" to barbarian devils. In subscribing to this war fighting template, terrorists will no longer have to commit suicide flying into buildings when they can merely seize America and Israel hostages and watch the leftists of the world demand surrender of all Western values for their return.

On July 7, 1944, Jewish leaders and others begged the War Department to bomb the rail lines leading to Auschwitz; they were denied. On the subject, General Eisenhower said, the best way to save the Jews was to win the war...the way to save the loss of more Allied lives was to win the war. A friend of mine opined, "you don't have to drown an enemy, just hold his head underwater long enough to make your point."

That seems to be a reasonable consideration in the "enlightened" West, but not applicable to the Islamists' culture of death; they require drowning! I say, turn Israel’s 'Juggernaut of Lions" loose to secure the 'Noblest' of prizes VICTORY over evil in the Middle East!

Working for the Los Angeles LA Sheriff, I supervised the Asian Organized Crime Unit, solving multiple serial murders and supervising 16 ransom kidnappings, safely rescuing all victims. Proud President Donald Trump supporter.