CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 25, 2021
THERE HAS BEEN ANOTHER CEASIREFIRE BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL. A CEASIRE IS NOT LIKE A TRUCE AND A TRUCE IS NOT LIKE VICTORY.
THIS CEASEFIRE, LIKE OTHERS BEFORE IT, WILL ONLY GIVE THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL, IN THIS CASE HAMAS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REGROUP AND RELOAD BEFORE THE NEXT ATTACK. AND THAT ATTACK IS LIKELY TO BE EVEN A GREATER THREAT TO ISRAEL WITH MORE SOPHISTICATED AND DEADLY WEAPONS SUPLLIED BY IRAN.
ANTI-SEMITISM IS ON THE RISE. JEWS ARE OPENLY ATTACKED IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. AS A NEW YORK RABBI PUT IT, “ANTI-SEMITISM IS THE WORLD’S OLDEST VIRUS.”
AS I WRITE IN MY COLUMN TODAY, CRITICS OF ISRAEL HAVE SAID IT DID NOT RESPOND PROPORTIONATELY TO THE HAMAS ATTACKS. DID AMERICA RESPOND PROPORTIONATELY TO THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR? WAS OUR WAR AGAINST HITLER PROPORTIONATE TO HIS ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE WORLD AND THE HOLOCAUST? VICTORY WAS OUR RESPONSE.
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY OVER EVIL. THAT SHOULD BE ISRAEL’S GOAL WITH AMERICAN SUPPORT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
