Pacifism Kills II*

Pacifists get their way and what's the result?

Terrorists claim victory, tyrants rattle the sabre of war.

Syria, Iran and Hizballah itself claim that the recent conflict in Lebanon was victory for the terrorist group. Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir said "We are determined to defeat any forces entering the country just as Hizballah has defeated the Israeli forces."

What makes them think it was a victory? The cease-fire, of course!

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has been enboldened enough to say that he is convinced that steps toward peace "have fallen off, and that the Golan will be "liberated by Syrian hands."

There you have it: The civilized nation agrees to peace and the tyrant threatens war.

The civilized nation, which was in the act of defending itself against unprovoked attacks, succumbs to pressure from peace groups and pacifist leaders and agrees to a cease-fire, and what happens? The troublemakers cheer and claim victory, re-arm themselves and threaten war against anyone who will demand civilized behavior from them!

This is why I say pacifism kills. The Peace-Marchers are complicit in the death and violence caused by tyrants and terrorists who are encouraged and emboldened by their surrender mentality.

300,000 were killed in Rwanda because the U.N. refused to arm its "peace-keeping" force for fear or provoking conflict. Even though the U.N. commander in Rwanda said all they would have needed was 1000 armed troops and a dozen vehicles.

200,000 have died in the Sudanese civil war since 2003 according to U.N. estimates. Where are the peace protesters???

Islamo-fascist terrorists have killed, or caused to be killed - because they were used as human shields- at least 100,000 people (most of them other muslims) in the past decade. And tyrannical leaders like Saddam Hussein have murdered hundreds of thousands more.

Yet, to the pacifists, it's America and the U.K. who are at fault.

I can somewhat understand the point of view of the peace crowd. I want peace, too. But since the days of Viet Nam and even before, the peace movement has served to prolong wars, not end them; and to encourage and embolden those who have no similar regard for peace.

The current situation in the Middle East is a perfect example of this. We get a cease-fire, and the result is not peace, it's more threats of war from those who value death more than peace.

Thanks pacifists.

* For Pacifism Kills see my October 2005 post. (Scroll down a bit)