A War of Culture, by Gråulf

It is interesting to note how the news headlines are twisted to make it appear that Israel is the aggressor in the Gaza War, when Hamas began the conflict by firing rockets into Israel, and could end the war by not doing that. How would any western country respond to an unending rain of rockets? Israel floated the possibility of a temporary ceasefire, and Hamas countered that they would consider a ceasefire if Israel surrender, and the rockets continue to fall. So, this morning’s headlines are that Israel rejects a temporary ceasefire, followed by pictures of bleeding Palestinian babies.

This is not a war about the accuracy of Hamaz missiles, or the virtues of pinpoint bombing. It is a war about public opinion; a war of Islam against western culture, and Islam is winning because we believe the conflict will go away of we ignore it. Hamas places no value on human life, and are preventing wounded from being evacuated to waiting ambulances across the Egyptian border because lots of wounded make good news stories. They leave bleeding children and body parts in burning rubble until reporters arrive with video cameras. We know how these people operate, and that they place children in and around their headquarters, and ammunition catches, but it seems to make no difference to world opinion. The images are created, and any arguments to the contrary fall on deaf ears.

Meanwhile Iran sits in the background and waits, while using Hamas as a pawn in the front line of its war against western culture. Hamas is taunting the Israelis to invade Gaza, where they can fight them in the crooked alleys of their slums, and where Israeli tanks may get bogged down in traps and winter mud. Does the Israeli’s have the courage and the will to invade Gaza, and once and for all put an end to Hamas, or will this be a repeat of the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, where the Israeli’s withdrew without the hostages, and without achieving it’s objectives. Will the West comprehend that Israel is fighting as much for the future of western culture, as well as for their own?

Gråulf