The Way to Fight a Successful War: Jewish Life is of Maximum Value
It is clear from the Torah that each Jewish person's life is so important that one who saves a life of a Jew is considered as if he saved a world (Bava Basra 11a). Battles between Israeli ground forces and Hezbollah terrorists have been going on for the past few days. Early this morning (Israel time), eight Israeli troops were killed and two-dozen wounded in heavy fighting with the terrorists in their stronghold of Bint Jbeil in heavy hand-to-hand combat. This fighting brings back to mind the heavy fighting Israel employed against the enemy in Jenin. In April 2002, Israel waged a costly battle against the Palestinian terrorists in the terrorist hotbed of Jenin, where 23 Israeli troops died. A senior member of the "Palestinian Islamic Jihad" noted his excitement when he found out that Israel was planning on sending in ground troops to fight against as many as 200 terrorists in Jenin. Jenin was booby-trapped with 1,000-2,000 bombs and many blood-thirsty terrorists. The senior terrorist remarked that by Israel sending soldiers into Jenin, they were sending them into a deathtrap. Israel said that they sent in the ground-troops rather than bomb Jenin from the air to "limit civilian casualties". Similarly, in Fallujah, many priceless American lives were lost in similar hand-to-hand combat with the Islamic terrorists over there. In these situations, unarmed civilians should be permitted to leave and then the area should be bombed from the sky.
Israel paid a heavy-price, losing 23 Jewish lives, 23 worlds, in Jenin. Just today, Israel lost another eight troops in Bint Jbeil. Now we are in the nine-days, a time of hardship for the Jewish people, where we are supposed to avoid anything dangerous (even unnecessary trips) and take extra precautions. That would mean, sending in the I.A.F. (Israel Air Force) in and bomb the "Hezbollah capital" of Bint Jbeil from the air, using bunker-buster bombs, if necessary, to destroy the underground tunnels the terrorists use. No doubt the death-oriented terrorists relish a fight with the I.D.F., probably happily celebrating each dead Jewish soldier, even at the loss of dozens of their own sick terrorists. Furthermore, the terrorists have been engaging the troops in heavy close warfare and probably have booby trapped Bint Jbeil.
The solution to successful warfare:
As I noted recently, the war against our enemies has several components, the spiritual and physical wars. Of course we need to fight the spiritual wars against immodesty and the planned "WorldPride" event of perversion and sexual immorality scheduled to start in under two weeks. We must contact responsible officials in Israel, as well as religious leaders in our local areas and around the world to express our strong support of HaShem and the Torah and are powerful disapproval of the planned event of abomination. Canceling the parade has been a victory but it is no where near sufficient. This war (planned by HaShem) has been what has probably pushed the police to decide to not allow the actual parade. However, all of the other events of the week-long event are still scheduled, including a visit to the Knesset of the masses of homosexuals. That event itself is meant to encourage people to take on the abomination that homosexuality is. These people on the anti-Torah side are determined to proceed to flaunt their intolerance of G-d and the Jewish People in Jerusalem as soon as possible. We must take to heart the determination of the anti-Torah crowd and be at least as determined in our fight for HaShem's honor and the Torah. It is not for us to sit idly back, not improving in our observance of the Torah and not protesting such desecration of the Name of G-d. We should not think that HaShem will take care of everything. We were given free-will and should use it - we must do all we can to peacefully stop this event. Remember, the desecration of HaShem's Name in Jerusalem is no laughing matter. We could use the protection of HaShem and should not take chances of having diminished protection (Heaven Forbid) by sitting back and allowing such an event.
The military solution - see Parshas Devarim:
Our Sages of Blessed Memory inform us that those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind. I see that when Israel sends in Jewish men to risk their lives in unnecessary hand-combat in order to limit "civilian casualties" that the statement of our Sages takes on a powerful new life. The words of the Torah are eternally true. It is safe to bet that many of the civilians who "peacefully" reside in Bint Jbeil (as well as other similar places) are supporters of the terrorists, regardless if they are men, women, or children. In Jenin, children were walking around with bombs to lure Jewish soldiers to death-traps. Women terrorists and mothers of terrorists "take pride" in the murder of innocents Jews. In light of this, when will the Jewish State learn to stop showing undeserved compassion to our enemies and undeserved cruelty to our soldiers. Recent reports note that "IDF officers said they ordered pilots not to strafe Bint Jbiel in order to spare civilian casualties". Of course, loss of any innocent civilian life in war in unfortunate, as would be the case in Bint Jbiel. Therefore before conducting any bombing raid on such cities, warnings and ample opportunity should be provided for the unarmed civilians (who are not known to be affiliated with terrorists) to exit the area. Afterwards, the remaining terrorists can be more easily taken out by bombing raids. The idea is to minimize the danger to innocent civilians and your troops.
Amalek is described in the Torah (Devarim: 25; 17 - 20) as a nation that attacks the Jewish People in a surprise move, choosing to fight those that are unprepared to sufficiently defend themselves. Amalek has a burning hatred for HaShem and the Jewish People and desires to attack them, though Amalek has no hope of defeating the Jewish People. RaSh"I notes that Amalek is compared to a hooligan who decides to jump into a bath full of boiling water. Though the hooligan is well-aware that he will be badly scalded, possibly even die, he is willing to jump into the water to cool it down for the other people. So too, Amalek, though they know they have no chance to defeat the Jews, are willing to suffer severe losses in order to cause any loss to the Jewish People. In the Torah, we are commanded to wipe out all Amalekites, men, women, and children. The Islamic terrorists, as the nazis before them, clearly fit the bill of Amalek. They are willing to fight against HaShem and the Jewish People, willing to suffer terribly in order to inflict weakness on the Jewish People. Amalek, in the parable brought by RaSh"I, jumps into the boiling water in order to cool it off so that others can jump in. Amalek wants to weaken the Jews enough so that others who also hate the Jews will feel that perhaps they have a chance to be victorious over the Jewish People (Heaven Forbid) and thereby conduct their own assault on our People, chas v'shalom.
It is interesting to note that the Torah discusses robbery immediately before it discusses the attack of Amalek. The Torah teaches us that the robbery was the reason for the attack of Amalek. One who steals from another will eventually be punished. Maybe there is a relationship between the destruction of the Gaza communities last year and the current tough situation Israel finds itself in.
The advice from the parsha:
In Parshas Devarim (3; 18) we read, "And I command to you at this time, saying, HaShem, your G-d, has given you this land to inherit it, armed you shall pass before your brothers, the Children of Israel, all the people of the army."
RaSh"I notes that Moshe instructed the tribes of Reuven and Gad that they were to enter the war-zone before the rest of the Israelite army "because they were powerful and their enemies would fall before them, as it says (Devarim: 33; 20) 'And they shall tear off arm, even head'." The parsha ends with HaShem telling us "Do not fear them, for HaShem, your G-d, He is the One who is fighting for you". (Devarim: 3; 22)
IF ONE NOTES THE ABOVE VERSE, IT IS CLEAR THAT, IN ORDER TO FIGHT A WAR, WE MUST FIGHT PROPERLY ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE. YES, HASHEM SAYS THAT HE FIGHTS FOR US, HOWEVER, HE ALSO TELLS US TO SEND IN THE MOST-BATTLE READY TROOPS WE HAVE TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
TODAY, WITH TECHNOLOGY, HASHEM HAS GRANTED US THE ABILITY TO DROP POWERFUL BOMBS FROM PLANES, THUS GREATLY MINIMIZING THE RISK TO ISRAELI SOLDIERS. WE CAN SEND IN THE TROOPS TO PICK UP THE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION ONLY AFTER OUR PLANES CARPET-BOMB THE TERRORISTS TO GEHINNOM. ONCE THE AMALEKITE TERRORISTS REALIZE THAT WE ARE NOT SENDING OUR JEWISH MEN INTO "DEATHTRAPS" WILL THEY FEAR US MORE GREATLY. AS FOR THE THOSE NON-COMBATANTS WHO REMAIN SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE TERRORISTS: ARE THEIR LIVES MORE VALUABLE THAN THE LIVES OF FELLOW JEWS? DON'T BE "EXCEEDINGLY RIGHTEOUS" IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD AND EXCEEDINGLY CRUEL IN THE EYES OF HASHEM.
Israel paid a heavy-price, losing 23 Jewish lives, 23 worlds, in Jenin. Just today, Israel lost another eight troops in Bint Jbeil. Now we are in the nine-days, a time of hardship for the Jewish people, where we are supposed to avoid anything dangerous (even unnecessary trips) and take extra precautions. That would mean, sending in the I.A.F. (Israel Air Force) in and bomb the "Hezbollah capital" of Bint Jbeil from the air, using bunker-buster bombs, if necessary, to destroy the underground tunnels the terrorists use. No doubt the death-oriented terrorists relish a fight with the I.D.F., probably happily celebrating each dead Jewish soldier, even at the loss of dozens of their own sick terrorists. Furthermore, the terrorists have been engaging the troops in heavy close warfare and probably have booby trapped Bint Jbeil.
The solution to successful warfare:
As I noted recently, the war against our enemies has several components, the spiritual and physical wars. Of course we need to fight the spiritual wars against immodesty and the planned "WorldPride" event of perversion and sexual immorality scheduled to start in under two weeks. We must contact responsible officials in Israel, as well as religious leaders in our local areas and around the world to express our strong support of HaShem and the Torah and are powerful disapproval of the planned event of abomination. Canceling the parade has been a victory but it is no where near sufficient. This war (planned by HaShem) has been what has probably pushed the police to decide to not allow the actual parade. However, all of the other events of the week-long event are still scheduled, including a visit to the Knesset of the masses of homosexuals. That event itself is meant to encourage people to take on the abomination that homosexuality is. These people on the anti-Torah side are determined to proceed to flaunt their intolerance of G-d and the Jewish People in Jerusalem as soon as possible. We must take to heart the determination of the anti-Torah crowd and be at least as determined in our fight for HaShem's honor and the Torah. It is not for us to sit idly back, not improving in our observance of the Torah and not protesting such desecration of the Name of G-d. We should not think that HaShem will take care of everything. We were given free-will and should use it - we must do all we can to peacefully stop this event. Remember, the desecration of HaShem's Name in Jerusalem is no laughing matter. We could use the protection of HaShem and should not take chances of having diminished protection (Heaven Forbid) by sitting back and allowing such an event.
The military solution - see Parshas Devarim:
Our Sages of Blessed Memory inform us that those who are kind to the cruel end up being cruel to the kind. I see that when Israel sends in Jewish men to risk their lives in unnecessary hand-combat in order to limit "civilian casualties" that the statement of our Sages takes on a powerful new life. The words of the Torah are eternally true. It is safe to bet that many of the civilians who "peacefully" reside in Bint Jbeil (as well as other similar places) are supporters of the terrorists, regardless if they are men, women, or children. In Jenin, children were walking around with bombs to lure Jewish soldiers to death-traps. Women terrorists and mothers of terrorists "take pride" in the murder of innocents Jews. In light of this, when will the Jewish State learn to stop showing undeserved compassion to our enemies and undeserved cruelty to our soldiers. Recent reports note that "IDF officers said they ordered pilots not to strafe Bint Jbiel in order to spare civilian casualties". Of course, loss of any innocent civilian life in war in unfortunate, as would be the case in Bint Jbiel. Therefore before conducting any bombing raid on such cities, warnings and ample opportunity should be provided for the unarmed civilians (who are not known to be affiliated with terrorists) to exit the area. Afterwards, the remaining terrorists can be more easily taken out by bombing raids. The idea is to minimize the danger to innocent civilians and your troops.
Amalek is described in the Torah (Devarim: 25; 17 - 20) as a nation that attacks the Jewish People in a surprise move, choosing to fight those that are unprepared to sufficiently defend themselves. Amalek has a burning hatred for HaShem and the Jewish People and desires to attack them, though Amalek has no hope of defeating the Jewish People. RaSh"I notes that Amalek is compared to a hooligan who decides to jump into a bath full of boiling water. Though the hooligan is well-aware that he will be badly scalded, possibly even die, he is willing to jump into the water to cool it down for the other people. So too, Amalek, though they know they have no chance to defeat the Jews, are willing to suffer severe losses in order to cause any loss to the Jewish People. In the Torah, we are commanded to wipe out all Amalekites, men, women, and children. The Islamic terrorists, as the nazis before them, clearly fit the bill of Amalek. They are willing to fight against HaShem and the Jewish People, willing to suffer terribly in order to inflict weakness on the Jewish People. Amalek, in the parable brought by RaSh"I, jumps into the boiling water in order to cool it off so that others can jump in. Amalek wants to weaken the Jews enough so that others who also hate the Jews will feel that perhaps they have a chance to be victorious over the Jewish People (Heaven Forbid) and thereby conduct their own assault on our People, chas v'shalom.
It is interesting to note that the Torah discusses robbery immediately before it discusses the attack of Amalek. The Torah teaches us that the robbery was the reason for the attack of Amalek. One who steals from another will eventually be punished. Maybe there is a relationship between the destruction of the Gaza communities last year and the current tough situation Israel finds itself in.
The advice from the parsha:
In Parshas Devarim (3; 18) we read, "And I command to you at this time, saying, HaShem, your G-d, has given you this land to inherit it, armed you shall pass before your brothers, the Children of Israel, all the people of the army."
RaSh"I notes that Moshe instructed the tribes of Reuven and Gad that they were to enter the war-zone before the rest of the Israelite army "because they were powerful and their enemies would fall before them, as it says (Devarim: 33; 20) 'And they shall tear off arm, even head'." The parsha ends with HaShem telling us "Do not fear them, for HaShem, your G-d, He is the One who is fighting for you". (Devarim: 3; 22)
IF ONE NOTES THE ABOVE VERSE, IT IS CLEAR THAT, IN ORDER TO FIGHT A WAR, WE MUST FIGHT PROPERLY ON THE PHYSICAL PLANE. YES, HASHEM SAYS THAT HE FIGHTS FOR US, HOWEVER, HE ALSO TELLS US TO SEND IN THE MOST-BATTLE READY TROOPS WE HAVE TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE AGAINST OUR ENEMIES.
TODAY, WITH TECHNOLOGY, HASHEM HAS GRANTED US THE ABILITY TO DROP POWERFUL BOMBS FROM PLANES, THUS GREATLY MINIMIZING THE RISK TO ISRAELI SOLDIERS. WE CAN SEND IN THE TROOPS TO PICK UP THE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION ONLY AFTER OUR PLANES CARPET-BOMB THE TERRORISTS TO GEHINNOM. ONCE THE AMALEKITE TERRORISTS REALIZE THAT WE ARE NOT SENDING OUR JEWISH MEN INTO "DEATHTRAPS" WILL THEY FEAR US MORE GREATLY. AS FOR THE THOSE NON-COMBATANTS WHO REMAIN SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH THE TERRORISTS: ARE THEIR LIVES MORE VALUABLE THAN THE LIVES OF FELLOW JEWS? DON'T BE "EXCEEDINGLY RIGHTEOUS" IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD AND EXCEEDINGLY CRUEL IN THE EYES OF HASHEM.
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