tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post6190902980880614592..comments2024-03-26T12:50:02.664+01:00Comments on David Ranan: Gilad Shalit and Israel’s Mass HysteriaDavid Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-66059673557255630942011-10-24T20:41:46.693+02:002011-10-24T20:41:46.693+02:00Lieber David:
Rational betrachtet hast Du natürlic...Lieber David:<br />Rational betrachtet hast Du natürlich recht. Aber wenn man diesen armen Jungen am Tag seiner Ankunft in Israel sah, dann muß man Natanjahu loben. Wahrscheinlich werden viele Familien, deren Kinder in der israelischen Armee dienen, diesen Deal gut finden - aus Angst ihr eigener Sohn oder ihre eigene Tochter könnten mal in palästinensische Gefangenschaft geraten. Politik ist nun mal ein Jonglieren mit Emotionen. Grüße, CorinnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-17549961886046536042011-10-20T20:23:13.159+02:002011-10-20T20:23:13.159+02:00David,
The IDF fights terrorists in the west bank ...David,<br />The IDF fights terrorists in the west bank and the Gaza border on a daily basis. So now there are some more, big deal. As long as the conflict persists, there are going to be casualties, soldiers and palestinians, and there's no avoiding that.<br /><br />Gilad Shalit could be everybody's son. Every family with a soldier thanks god that they are not the Shalit family, but they could have been. His return is an announcement to all IDF soldiers and their families - you are not alone, Israel is behind you. It means a lot.<br /><br />The next announcement should be a political one, one that will endorse a Palestinian state and end the bloody conflict. but it seems that it won't be Bibi who says it.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-7390335709757485622011-10-20T17:48:31.654+02:002011-10-20T17:48:31.654+02:00To put it mildly, the first part of your blog soun...To put it mildly, the first part of your blog sounds pretty farfetched, i.e. that Netanyahu exchanged Shalit solely to weaken Abbas.<br /><br />I wish I could say the same about the second part. Unfortunately it is very probable that you are dead right (pun intended).<br /><br />I wouldn`t call it hysteria though. The masses have a right to be irrational or sentimental or short sighted, even if many of its constituent individuals realize the mistake. Ultimately it speaks for their humanity that in their unreflected sentiments Jews are willing to set many unrepenting murderers free in exchange for a single Jewish soul.<br /><br />Of course a more selfconfident and less troubled government than that of Netanyahu would have resisted.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-35850441533328796192011-10-20T17:15:02.262+02:002011-10-20T17:15:02.262+02:00David
You ask why Netanyahu made this deal. To me...David<br />You ask why Netanyahu made this deal. To me, the obvious answer is, Egypt. The Egyptians mediated the exchange. They have long sought to exercise some control over Hamas, not because they like Hamas but because they have problems nearer home with the god-fearing types. <br /><br />The Egyptian “revolution” never was; it was a popularly-inspired military takeover. The military have problems about legitimacy and how to manipulate political forces to ensure that their privileged position in the State (and economy!) is preserved. This deal makes it easier for them to ride off the Muslim extremists and goes down well, I should imagine, with virtually all Egyptians. <br /><br />Netanyahu must have nightmares about Egypt abrogating the Egypt/Israel Treaty and I suspect this deal was thought to be a price worth paying, apart from the domestic reasons adduced in your blog.Hatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-24438594816605031172011-10-20T16:42:13.374+02:002011-10-20T16:42:13.374+02:00As always interesting. Netanjahu reconfirmed his l...As always interesting. Netanjahu reconfirmed his lack of qualification for his job,it makes no sense to exchange 1 soldier for 1000 terrorists. Your interpretation is interesting and sounds plausible to a total outsider.<br /><br />Send them all to jail!!Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-66340640616212361412011-10-20T16:38:50.445+02:002011-10-20T16:38:50.445+02:00also ein Israeli (als Soldat) ist den Israelis so ...also ein Israeli (als Soldat) ist den Israelis so viel wert wir 1000 Palestinis (als Terroristen) wert sind. Da weiß jeder <br />Palestini, dass es sich lohnt, einen Israeli zu fangen.<br /><br />Absolut irre: voll von Rassismus und Programmierung von weiterem Irrsinn.Andrenoreply@blogger.com