United States must win in fight for civilization
Ever since Israel’s was established in 1947, there has been a major conflict in each decade. First, there was the Arab-Israeli War, which Israeli’s regard as their War of Independence, and which began in 1948. This conflict lasted until 1949 when a cease-fire agreement was accepted and “ended” the conflict.
That event set the precedent for what seems to have become a trend in Middle Eastern conflicts. The most recent example is the conflict Israel had with the radical terrorist group, Hezbollah, which began on July 12 of this year, and ended on Aug. 14, after an United Nations cease-fire agreement was adopted.
With so many major conflicts in the past 60 years, in a region rich with natural resources such as oil, Middle Eastern warfare has become a long-term problem for stability in the world’s economy.
As a result, events in the Middle East have influenced world politics; many world leaders have included some plan for peace in the Middle Eastern region in their foreign policies. Even our own presidents have mediated peace accords. But despite efforts, diplomacy hasn’t worked! Giving land to the Palestinians for peace hasn’t worked. Each conflict that has arisen has been postponed by useless cease-fires that only accumulate into other major conflicts a decade later. Israel and the surrounding Arab countries are not participants in a civil dispute gone awry, the surrounding countries want Israel annihilated. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, has even stated publicly that Israel should be, “wiped off the map.” Therefore, since diplomacy has not worked, a shorter, more efficient “road map to peace” should be implemented with two simple directions:
Step one: The United Nations needs to be abolished. Yes, this may seem a bit off subject and backward, but, this is a vital first step for peace. The U.N. has become a forum for modern anti-Semitism. Shortly after the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, U.N. leaders shrugged the notion of Israel as a sovereign state and demanded that Israel stop defending their country and their citizens. This went further when the U.N. and Lebanon refused to uphold their end of the cease-fire agreement after its adoption. The U.N. has treated Israel as a constant aggressor and occupier and as long as the U.N. doesn’t stop prolonging violence in the Middle East, peace cannot be attained. Once Israel regains their sovereignty, step two can be realized.
Step two: Victory. Absolute victory. Any country or terrorist group that threatens the existence of Israel must be met with a strong military force, and a clear decisive victor in the war must be determined at the end. Anything else prolongs hostilities. The Palestinians do not want to coexist with Israel and neither do the surrounding Arab countries. For them, Israel must cease to exist. Ultimately, either Israel or the dictators who oppose Israel will be left standing when hostilities are over and for the safety of this world, it better be Israel.
In essence, Israel has been fighting a war for 60 years that the United States has only just realized it is in. A war on terror.
That is the tactic Israel’s opposition uses. They use terror to strike fear in the hearts of Israelis in order to drive them out of the Middle East. But Israel should stand strong, with the United States behind them, and defeat those who threaten their existence. As President Bush said in his address last Monday, “ This struggle has been called a clash of civilizations. In truth, this is a struggle for civilization.” Israel is in this struggle as well, and for their country to be at peace, they must be victors in the end.
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on Sep 15 2006. Filed under Opinion.
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