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F-11 or V-1?
At age 101, the Queen Mother of England, Elizabeth, who passed away in her sleep, was
buried with full honors this week. The royals were surprised to see the outpouring of national honor from the commoners
of her kingdom. As usual, the chattering classes missed the significance of the honor. It was to pause for two
minutes and remember that in the height of fear and terror in England during World War II, then Queen refused to
leave London and endured the attacks with her fellow citizens.
The weapon of choice during those dark and dangerous days was a pilotless drone aircraft called the V-1. It was
filled with fuel and bombs and generally aimed towards England from the forces of Hitler Germany. When it ran out
of fuel, it crashed and exploded. It hit civilians, women, children, anything. It could be manufactured in quantity
at low expense. It spread terror. But it couldn't be aimed at a specific target.
We march forward 55 plus years. The Palestinians attack Israel with a weapon they called the F-11. That's a bomb
delivered by two human legs. It can be manufactured at even lower expense. It can be aimed. It produces terror
because its indiscriminant attacks on civilians, women and children are a matter of choice, not a limitation of
the weapon. It is more efficient, more accurate and of less expense to the aggressor than the V-1.
But the issue is the same. The use of the V-1 was a tactic, not a cause. The use of
F-11 homicide bombers is a tactic, not a cause. It was Nazi Germany that launched the
V-1. It is absurd to say that if the V-1 were no more, Nazism would be no more. The same with the F-11. Were its
tactical use to be eliminated, the threat would remain. The cause would not have been defeated, just one of its
methods. The cause, let us be clear, is Arab expansionism often cloaked in the guise of the Wahabbi sect of radical
Islam. That is what provides the fuel on which the F-11 burns.
The failure of the Powell mission to the Middle East has yet to be fully appreciated. Powell has rehabilitated
and restored the legitimacy of Yasser Arafat and shown that the moral clarity of the Bush administration's war
against terrorism need no longer be taken seriously. Secretary Powell set a new standard of efficiency in the Middle
East by failing even before he arrived. Once again, doubts over America's ability to see anything through to the
end have been confirmed. "The one thing certain about terrorists," says columnist David Hackworth,"
is that when they are not losing, they are winning." The Powell visit, as the Arabs and European's intend,
prevents a military victory by Israel and promotes the United States into the position of being officially to blame
for whatever happens next.
In the time of the German attacks on London, the Queen did not budge. Her Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, wrote"
In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill." Secretary Powell proposes
to "get back to peace talks." What are peace talks except a discussion of exactly how much Israel will
give away to stop the F-11 attacks? Here is a test of how lacking in seriousness the "political talks"
are. How about peace for land instead of land for peace? That is to say, Palestine lives in peace for a year and
receives a percentage of land. A second year, more land, etc. Will that be discussed?
Of course not. What will be on the table is how many tangible assets Israel will give away today for intangible
and easily reversible words promised for tomorrow. Yasser Arafat has already solemnly agreed to 11 cease fires.
A measure of the current insanity is the idea that Arafat is "the only one to talk to" and therefore
he would keep an agreement if one were made. If the "only one to talk to" is untruthful and cannot be
believed and has a 30-40 year long history of never keeping an agreement, then there is no one to talk to. There
is no partner for peace.
Where is the system that launches F-11s? It is found in the Arab states in combination with a Europeanized American
elite, the 32 million Muslim immigrants now living in Europe, Europe's own latent anti-Semitism, its leftist political
orientation, dependence on Arab oil and jealousy of American economic success
It is time for George Bush, President of the only nation that defines itself as Judeo-Christian, to regain his
resolve before he presides over the creation of another Munich. If the Jews are abandoned again, does anyone believe
that another Holocaust will not follow? Or that the Christians aren't next?
Does anyone not honor the bravery and resolution of the Queen Mum? RIP.
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