YOU AIN'T GONNA LEARN WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW

A Realization from Afar.......Where I

A Realization from Afar.......

Where I am, the only source of information is CNN.

No internet. No Newspapers.

Just one news channel, CNN.

My learning from having only one source of info?

Israel needs to be giving LESS data, less information, and far fewer interviews.

WHY?

Because it is senseless.

It provides insight and options to Israel's enemies.

Troop movements, brigades placements, and maps of battles are not necessary data points........for the average consumer. But, they are critically important for Hizbullah.

CNN is giving too much data, to Israel's enemy.....that's the bottom line.

Let Hizbullah give some data on where their missles are placed and stored, before another Israeli Colonel grants and interview to Anderson Ccoper.

Prime Minister Olmert, lock down the media from the Israeli side.

This is war.

A war of survival.

CNN, and its ilk - DO NOT have the best interests of Israel at heart.

Survival and defeating terror first. Allowing CNN unfettered access is a distant 99th, in order of importance.

Right?

Andy Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.

Warning, Diplomacy Ahead.... Big warning.

Warning, Diplomacy Ahead....

Big warning.

Huge.

Israel is about to be boxed in.

You know why?

The man on the RIGHT of the picture below, is a crook. He has done nothing to stop Hamas and Hizbullah -- DESPITE UN RESOLUTIONS regarding both GAZA, and South Lebanon.

UN Peacekeepers can do nothing,(and have done zero, but perhaps they have provided cover for Hizbullah?) to assist in making Israel safer. The track record of the UN as an "arbiter of disputes" when it comes to the Jewish state is pretty clear.

No phony resolutions...no false cease fire....

What will "make the family in Haifa, safe from the threat of terror, Katuyshas, missles, and living under constant siege?"

Only the IDF can.

Israel needs time to finish their air campaign, and THEN hammer through ground forces. Diplomatic cover is NOT going to happen....

Israel has to swallow a tough pill in the coming days.

The "tough pill" is telling the man on the right,, to go F* off.

Video from a friend..... The

Video from a friend.....

The drummer is my friend.

His name is ELI. He is nine months old.

This is 40 seconds of the BEST VIDEO by a 9 month old.

Click arrow below....and turn up the volume

2 rallies -- back to

2 rallies -- back to back days.

Notice a subtle or "branding" difference?

Can you guess which one (rally) supports Israel?

***Click on image to ENLARGE****

Which one supports Hizbullah?

Take a WILD GUESS.

A picture is worth a thousand words.......

List of Bloggers from Israel....

List of Bloggers from Israel....

A list of bloggers "live blogging" the war.

The website has a comprehensive rundown of bloggers, as well as up to date news sources from Israel.

The site is HERE.

Putting off the Inevitable....A Thought

Putting off the Inevitable....A Thought

I have advocated a particular plan for years, when it comes to terrorism, terror groups, as well as - "countries aiding and abetting, crimes against innocent people." My recommendations have been:

*Taking land from which terrorism is launched.

*Destroying land from where terrorism is planned and supported.

(notice, I did not say "ALL THE LAND")

Today, I see a lead story from a website I have frequented for years.....

From Debka.

Israeli leaflets call on South Lebanese Wednesday night, July 19, to evacuate territory south of Litani River

July 19, 2006, 9:57 PM (GMT+02:00)

This dramatic call will affect some 300,000 inhabitants, some of whom have already headed north in response to previous Israeli calls to withdraw from harm’s way in Hizballah-controlled regions.

It is not clear how this mass migration can be effected when many of the roads and bridges were bombed out by Israeli jets.

Wednesday, July 19, when the Lebanon war entered its second week, plunged Israel in combat on four warfronts.

Here is the bottom line:

Drop leaflets asking everyone to leave.
24 hours later destroy the entire area where terrorists live, (or were given refuge) -- and reduce it, (the land) to no man's land, make it uninhabitable.

REPEAT.

This accomplishes a few objectives.

1 - It sends a strong signal to terrorists.
2 - It sends a stronger signal to those, who allow terrorists to operate, in the areas, countries or localities... Eventually the residents will say --when the example has been carried out elsewhere --"GET OUT, YOU (terror groups) will get NO HELP from our population."
3 - Shame
4 - Force
5 - Deterrence
6 - CREATING DISTANCE, BETWEEN, WHERE THE MISSLES CAN BE LAUNCHED, AND THEIR DESIRED TARGET. (in this case, the bulls eye is ANYWHERE, in the land of Israel)

This requires Arabs terrorist, their supporters, and their people to comprehend --- ONE ASPECT OF, "THE NEW REALTIES OF THEIR LIFE."

"We don't want to kill you, but we will make your life so miserable --- and, the price we will exact will be so high, that it is NOT in your best interest to even comtemplate hurting us."

It will work.

It has worked.

If anyone wishes to place their faith, in the rest of the world, to defend Israel's safety..speak now.

Ken Mehlman: (partial text from the RJC - Republican Jewish Coalition/ July18th, 2006)

"Israel is the only nation prevented from joining any of the UN’s regional groups … and therefore prevented from having a seat on the countless commissions, committees, and councils that make up a huge part of the UN.

And the same United Nations that’s so quick to condemn Israel is often silent when Israeli lives are shed.

Where were the United Nations, the E.U. and other organizations when 1,000 rockets flew from Gaza into Israel?

Where were they when suicide bombers murdered men, women and children, and Israeli soldiers were taken captive?

Is there any better example of the need for United Nations reform than their outrageous double standard when it comes to the Middle East?"

What are the lessons here?

Simply put, Israel cannot afford to repeat mistakes of the past.

Ken Mehlman continues:

"The lesson of the past generation is that these attacks kept coming and got worse because they worked.

Too often, free nations looked the other way … and responded to the attacks with lawsuits or international protests … and made political concessions to the terrorists.

Yasser Arafat won a Nobel Prize and numerous invitations to the last White House, even as he encouraged a terrorist war on women and children…

What changed on September 11 was not that terrorists trying to carry out a jihad against America and the world.

It was that on September 12, under the leadership of President George W. Bush, we finally made war on these terrorists in return.

Israel is an ally in this war and President Bush will continue to stand with Israel as they fight our common enemy."

It seems time to create deterrence.

And, now the big question, "What to do about Iran and Syria?"

Follow my solution above.

Pick a target. (Example: South Damascus, or one of it's largest suburbs)

Announce plan to reduce entire area to rubble.

UNLESS

1 - Soldiers returned alive in 72 hours
2 - Hizbullah ceases rockets attacks

If it is NOT done, WAR with Syria and Iran commences.

And, is that NOT THE ENDGAME for these terrorist anyway?

Are we not just putting, "off the inevitable?"

The inevitable fact, that nations and countries who are, RUN BY TERRORISTS AND THEIR AFFILIATES, WANT TO DESTROY ISRAEL -- AND WILL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY ISRAEL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE?

Should Israel sit back, and wait for another Holocaust? (Wait, until Iran acquires nuclear weapons and can delivery those weapons, to Tel Aviv?)

My answer is a resounding NO.

As I've said before, recapturing deterrence, comes at a HIGH PRICE.

Here are the two questions to ponder

1) What is the price to re-acquire deterrence?
2) Should Israel put this on HOLD, while it slowly allows it's citizenry to suffer, and place faith in the hope that, TERRORIST WILL NOT ATTACK THEIR TINY COUNTRY? It becomes a question of timing, more than anything else.

Diplomacy with terrorists is a joke.

We already know this, history has proven it.

Implement DETERRENCE plan above.

The title of this blog is, "You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know."

If you have read this far, on THIS POST that I have written above....I'm quite sure that my idea is potentially a thought that, you did not "want to know" - or possibly, were hoping to put off to another day, or another news cycle in our lives.

Sorry. The time is NOW.

Far Away Eyes, Part Two.

Far Away Eyes, Part Two.

So yesterday, I wrote about how music is important to me.

Music provides a escape.

The artform, of GREAT lyrics, coupled with fabulous accompanying mysic -- is AS GOOD TO ME AS ANY PIECE OF ART, anywhere.

I have had a "love - hate affair" with the music I am featuring tonight. (my second night of trying this concept of posting tunes)

I love their music. They are amongst the most talented, as well as the most underated band of their era......

THE KINKS.

You've heard the name (The Kinks) -- now sit back, turn up your volume -- and click TWICE, (on the arrow below.) Pay special attention to the lyrics, they are not good, but GREAT.

I'm Mad At Israel..... Let

I'm Mad At Israel.....

Let me start out by saying, (if you are a new reader or stumbled upon this blog) I love Israel.

I'm a ZIONIST, and have always believed in a strong, vibrant Israel.

Israel will win this war. But, it will pay a heavy price in the process.

Israel since 1948, has held a advantage -- over the entire ARAB NATION.

The advantage was not based on real estate. It was not solely on desire.

They held an advantage over their enemies, because it meant their very SURVIVAL.

Israeli's understood this. They dealt punishing blows on the battlefield, and humiliated Arab leaders strategically. Gamel Abdel Nasser comes to mind, He was the LEADER of Egypt, and a HEAD of the ARAB NATION.

Israel embarassed him, by taking his fiery rhetoric, ("wiping Israel off the map" -- "we will kill all Jews, and march into Jerusalem victorious..") And, marching the IDF straight to the SUEZ Canal.

Does this sound familiar?

In 1955, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser began to import arms from the Soviet Bloc to build his arsenal for the confrontation with Israel. In the short-term, however, he employed a new tactic to prosecute Egypt's war with Israel. He announced it on August 31, 1955:

Egypt has decided to dispatch her heroes, the disciples of Pharaoh and the sons of Islam and they will cleanse the land of Palestine....There will be no peace on Israel's border because we demand vengeance, and vengeance is Israel's death.

The escalation continued with the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran, and Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956. On October 14, Nasser made clear his intent:

I am not solely fighting against Israel itself. My task is to deliver the Arab world from destruction through Israel's intrigue, which has its roots abroad. Our hatred is very strong. There is no sense in talking about peace with Israel. There is not even the smallest place for negotiations.

People like Nasser were defeated SOUNDLY. He was SHAMED.

This was deterrence. The Arabs understood this. They hated Ariel Sharon. But, they respected and, FEARED HIM.

Daniel Pipes, says that 2 critical aspects led to the current crisis...

FATIGUE BY ISRAELI'S, and HUBRIS BY IT'S LEADERS.

Israeli's DREAMED and wished, that the ARABS had changed their tune, and "disengagement" - and a "peace process" - would replace their (Israel's) need for deterrence.

From Daniel Pipes -- For 45 years, 1948-93, Israel's strategic vision, tactical brilliance, technological innovation, and logistical cleverness won it a deterrence capability. A deep understanding of the country's predicament, complemented by money, will power, and dedication, enabled the Israeli state systematically to burnish its reputation for toughness.

The leadership focused on the enemy's mind and mood, adopting policies designed to degrade his morale, with the goal of inducing a sense of defeat, a realization that the Jewish state is permanent and cannot be undone. As a result, whoever attacked the State of Israel paid for that mistake with captured terrorists, dead soldiers, stalled economies, and toppled regimes.

By 1993, this record of success imbued Israelis with a sense of overconfidence. They concluded they had won, and ignored the inconvenient fact that Palestinian Arabs and other enemies had not given up their goal of eliminating Israel. Two emotions long held in check, fatigue and hubris, came flooding out. Deciding that they had had enough of war and could end the war on their own terms, Israelis experimented with such exotica as "the peace process" and "disengagement."

Currently, Israel is trying to re-establish it's deterrence capability.

But, I'm mad.

Why was NO ONE REALLY PAYING ATTENTION? And still, will diplomacy work with liars and murderers?

Why was Israel continually in a position to, TRY TO APPEASE TERRORISTS?

Why was Israel making concessions? WHERE WERE THE ARAB CONCESSIONS? WHAT DID YASIR ARAFAT DO TO BE THE MOST VISITED HEAD OF STATE, AT THE WHITE HOUSE, DURING THE 8 YEARS OF THE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON PRESIDENCY?

WHAT DID ARAFAT DELIVER? ANYTHING?

How about ANY ARAB country?

Did Lebanon end their state of war with Israel?

Did a Syrian Leader ever visit, or send a delegation to "talk peace?"

Did Iran ever allow the 25,000 Iranian Jews an opportunity to migrate?

NOTHING. NO OVERTURES OR OFFERING HAS EVER COME FROM A ARAB GOVERNEMENT. (outside of 2 governments tha tare paid BILLIONS of dollars in US AID, to have a false/cold peace)

Yet -- it will continue.

When this news cycle dies down (and it will) -- Israel will be off the cable news, newspapers, and blogs.

Israel will STILL BE CONFRONTED WITH, hostile enemies, at her borders. This will not change...it is a fact.

And, you know what?

You will still hear these words:
1) Peace Process
2) Disengagement
3) Unilateral Withdrawal
4) Land concession

ONLY FROM ONE PARTY: ISRAEL.

I want you to ask ANYONE....

*** WHAT ARE THE ARABS GIVING BACK TO ISRAEL IN RETURN?*********

If you hear, "defensible borders" -- just imagine Hizbullah launching rockets, from the West Bank.

That's the future NEWS CYCLE. Rocket's and Katushyas coming in from Nablus, Ramallah -- and Samaria.

I'm mad at Israel, and I can be. You see, I LOVE the fact that my country (United States) stands for freedom, democracy, and GOOD IN THE WORLD. Israel means something to me, because as a JEW, it represents more than religion. It signifies a connection to the past...a connection of safety, and strength, no matter what befalls - JEWS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Yet, Israel chose to, "LOSE IT"S RATIONAL ABILITY" to learn precisely why, it has survived - and flourish - in every concievable way. Israel lost its connection to the past....it forgot WHY.

I hope Israel, has not forgotten, survival and deterrence.

I'm mad at Israel. But, if you love someone enough (and care) - do you not have a duty to share your feelings in good times and bad?

Am Yisrael Chai...."Long Live Israel."

I may be mad. Israel will still win against out against Arab evil.

Let's just not continue to repeat mistakes of the past......

STRENGTH and DETERRENCE -- and ZERO TOLERANCE FOR TERROR.

I'm mad, but I still.......LOVE ISRAEL.

Andy

One of my most visited

One of my most visited websites......

Over the past couple years has been a site called, Imshin.

She is a mother of two, blogging from Tel Aviv.

She was my introduction to the "user generated media world", where citizens around the world, can create content....and BE READ.

Imshin was a inspiration for me. I've emailed her many times.

She is a fabulous writer.

Imshin is HERE, pay her a visit, and READ her insights from Tel Aviv.....

Diary of a F-16 Israeli

Diary of a F-16 Israeli Pilot.

A GREAT READ.

click here for the story.....