Opinion  Sever Plocker
Cost of killing a terrorist
Sever Plocker
Published: 22.12.06, 11:04
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1. Say what you want
cal   (12.22.06)
but the Israeli economy for the most part didn't suffer in the end from this conflict. Besides a tiny drop in tourism, you wouldn't even think we had a war a few months ago.
2. IS LIFE COST EFFECTIVE???
al mann ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (12.22.06)
The inherent masochism of current events here and around the world only prove that all attempts at progress have only succeeded in depressing caring and love between man and man, as a species. No longer do people care about each as once was in history. True, there was always the concept of domination by war, which enriched those who invented and produced the tools for waging war. Very few of the exemplary type, Abraham, exist today. He would invite strangers to his tent to eat, exchange philosophies and learn a bit about the differences between people. He, personally, never gained anything from the war of the four kings against the five. Later on his only attempt was to rescue his nephew, Lot, from the hands of the Sodomites. Moses, did not enrich himself with his war with the Amalekites after the people of Israel crossed the Reed Sea. Joshua received no personal rewards as he led the B'nai Yisrael in Jericho and Ai. There are many values one can learn from our own history. Israel is in a constant state of war within itself and from the enemies without. Since the B'nai Menashe is coming to Israel, I suggest that the word, Jew and its derivatives be erased since it has only led to divisiveness within the people. The word Jew coming from the name of the tribe, Judah, has lost its exclusivity now that there is a return of other tribes to Israel. The war within is caused by the word, religion, which has no source in our own literature. Is this war cost effective? What price are we paying for the internal bickering and slandering occurring within our own people? Should the government look into these problems as well? Man, the highest form of creation, has descended into the mire of modern civilization. Is the species really civilized? Has man maintained any semblance of dignity and self-respect? Has man fulfilled his ethereal obligations? Has man's life improved existence as he busies himself with poisoning the environment in the name of progress? Has family life improved or have the incidents of divorce, extra-marital affairs, juvenile delinquency, rape, robbery, and murder been cost-effective? Can everything in life be measured in dollars and cents? Shouldn't life be measured with DOLLARS and SENSE?
3. Make Bolmert, Peretz & Chief of Staff Understand This Now
concerned citizen ,   nyc   (12.22.06)
4. One Big MisCalculation!!
doron   (12.22.06)
how much did it cost to recapture Sela the rapist?
5. Cost of Stupidness
Ayman ,   Lebanon   (12.22.06)
Wasn't is easier for Israel to release the Lebanese captives and return the tiny land of Chabaa farms? THat is the reason Hizballah lunched his operation to get these people back home after years of captivitiy. Someone might say this is not th real reason and it is a planned war by Iran.... Why don't we say that is true that US and Israel wanted to test ground before attacking Iran's nuclear facilities? Remember at the begining of the war when Olmert wanted to stop it, Rice was the one telling him not to stop... US thought Lebanon is simplier than Iraq.... Well, lessons have not been learned over 30 years of invading Lebanon that it is a swam waiting for its invadors.... Hizballah is well supported by the Lebanese people who only saw life after it released them from the Israeli terrorism for 22 years. By the way, UN was sleepy then all the time and not acting on UN resolutions. Israelis... Think peace to find peace.. working the military calculations will only bring more death... Peace is the way to go... Real peace with people not with goverments like Egypt and Jordan....
6. "SHEKEL'S" PLOCKER
p HENRY ,   longmont U S A   (12.22.06)
WHAT A SCHIEMIEL!YOU SHOULDN't WORRY ,ISRAEL WILL BE AROUND FOR ETERNITY,SHEKEL!!! NEGATIVE-NEGATIVE-NEGATIVE (THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN!)
7. Moronism
Francois ,   Montreal   (12.23.06)
For a billion dollars, then, we could have bought the retirement of 2,000 Hizbullah fighters – and saved the economy USD 2.5 billion. ... Are you sure that you could have achieve your objectives that way. If it's profitable to threaten Israel from terror or war, you will create terrorists. Paying blackmailers is never an option. Moreover, hizballanim don't want to be bought. The real solution is to kill them. They are criminals and the police don't pay the criminals to stop committing crimes. Adopting idiocies proposed by these loony Leftists is the best way to bankrupt Israel and to destroy her. There is only one way to win: destroying our ennemies and because Ehud Chamberlain and Amir Daladier refused to do that during the last war, Israel is likely to be at war against Hizaballah some time soon. Israel needs less Leftist idiocies and a more serious leadership. Olmert, Peretz and Halutz must go.
8. to #5 what did your stupidness cost?
Jay ,   Israel   (12.23.06)
Ayman, are you a Shiite living in sth Lebanon by any chance? The farms you are talking about are Syrian owned acording to the UN, and there are more Lebanese being held captive in Syrian jail than in Israeli ones. Hezbollah used the war against Israel as a proxy to get the people to back them, so they can overthrow the government and take over Lebanon (which is happening at the moment). Hezbollah is mainly supported by people in the sth, (like you), and majority of Lebanese dont support them and see that hezbollahs only interest is in turning the country into shiite domination for Iran. Israel has never been a threat to Lebanon, just defended its borders from Hezbollah and have always tried to seek peacefull alternatives.
9. what a stupid article
James ,   Leeds, uk   (12.23.06)
First, why take Hezbollahs' belated and forced 'asmission' that 250 were killed rather than 40 or so instead of Israeli and now other estimates of between 600-800? Secondly though why assume a fanatical Hezbollah terrorist would accept $500,000 and not fight anyway? The idiocy of the Israeli left is incredulous.
10. stop it now
Casa ,   Casablanca   (12.23.06)
Why dont you just stop acting like u own the place. these are palestinian territories. and no balfour declaration gives u the right to kill people while taking their land.
11. there are no "palestinian territories"
to number 10 ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (12.23.06)
this is the land of Israel and no fake arab fanatics will change that, not even if they're supported by some crazy hizballah terrorists.
12. Those nuclear bombs in storage don't cost all
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (12.24.06)
that much. And they really give you a big bang for your buck! Any questions.....refer to instruction manual................................................. Pull pin and run like hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ba Da Boom!!! no more Terrorists. I spent a lot of time figuring out the cost savings. You can mail me a check for the several billion wasted in the war.....and the several billion wasted on a think tank----which specializes on how to save money for the country during a war. I'll use the money wisely....
13. 11# I've been saying the same thing to the
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (12.24.06)
Palestinians who are invading America my entire life. Who said Manifest Destiny meant all of the Muslims could come to America and steal all my American Indian land? Yet.....none of your Palestinian brothers leave. Are you a group of(Do as I say-----not as I do ) Palestinians? Michigan looks like it would be a great place to set up my tee-pee.......if only all the Muslim invaders would give me back my land. Oh forget it....you can stay! But my you sound like a bunch of whining hypocrites, when you are doing exactly the same thing as you complain about the Jews doing.
14. war and cost
kadrya ,   gaza   (12.24.06)
evry war is costing ,if you win it is okey if not ,,,, alas .. but it is not the point ... the point about the relation of war and money .. is not the cost but the cause .. this mean to initiate the war becouse of money . as they say that the iraqi invasion is not to istablish democracy in the middle east ,, but for the oil it is for the money // and the same this war between palastinians and israili is not for the palastinian state but becouse of the settelments arised after the 67 war .. so the cause is more important than the cost .. as to know the cost it will never give a solution of any thing .. only as i say in the begining if you win it is okey howmuch the cost is ,, if you not just ...alas
15. Hezbollah Is Not terrorist
Ahmed ,   Saudi ARabia   (12.24.06)
Why hezbollah Is terrorist ? Hezbollah is merely using his defensive rights.
16. #15 Ahmed - Do you know who started the war?
Umm El Kul Naqba   (12.25.06)
Ahmed, Do you happen to remember that Hezbollah crossed into Israel to attack an IDF unit and kidnapped 2 soldiers? Do you call that defensive? And bringing in tens of thousand of Katyushas from Syria and Iran is defensive?
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