If a survey has a really small sample size but shows unanimous opinions, is it still significant? Certainly seems that way:
Impressed by this point of view that I haven’t considerd before, I asked him what he would’ve thought, if a Hezbollah rocket had attacked a building in Israel, killing 55 civillians, of which 30 were children. He responded immeidtely “I would’ve thought it was great! A7san!”. So I repeated the same question to 8 other co-workers, and the responses so far have been as follows: 7 said they would celebrate, and 2 said that such an attack would’ve been bad, but justified! Yeah! Not a single person said that the death of any civllian, on either side, is an equal tragedy.
There’s a deep pathology that has taken root in the Arab world – a poisonous mix of stagnating ideology, religiously-inspired hatred, and vicious resentment. The result is predictable:
This begs another question: If we were the ones who had the superior military machine, would we have shown them any mercy, or any regard to their civillian casualties? Would we have hesitated to wipe them all out? Armed forces, civillians, whatever? Would any of us have felt bad about it at all? Or would we be filled with the feelings of Pride, honor and dignity that we keep talking about day and night?
Genocidal maniacs – and the societies that back them – have historically been able to rationalize any atrocity against Jews. There is, however, something unique about the genocidal rhetoric coming out of the Arab world – and this writer is exactly right to point out how it expresses itself as an obsession with pride and honor. This is the same pathetic, testosterone-soaked mania that could cause Lebanon II to escalate. It’s absurd to believe that the same people who attacked Israel out of a genocidal mix of hatred and resentment would somehow become magnanimous if they were to win.
