| War is Hell 101 Dovid Ben Chaim 30 Aug 2001 dovidb@onebox.com The Arabs know that the Jews act like human beings and constantly exploit that difference between us and them. So hiding behind the skirts of children, civilians and holy places is one of the standard tactics employed by the heroic PLO to complicate any Israeli counter-attack. The now-infamous town of Beit Jala is home to many Arab Christians, their churches and a Lutheran orphanage, all used by PLO snipers. That’s one reason (the other being fear of gentile criticism) that the IDF has been so reluctant to mount an assault until now. It’s also why the next hotspot on the West Bank is liable to be the Little Town of Beit Lechem, often referred to as Bethlehem. Below is an example of how this very same problem was handled by America and Britain during WWII. Hint: They did not withdraw after two days. [An account of the bombing of The Abbey Of Montecassino taken from the website of the 36th Division.] The Allies had procrastinated too long. The fact remained that the Germans were using high ground in vicinity of the 1,400 year-old Benedictine Abbey on Montecassino as artillery observation posts. Because of them, American men died daily. "If we have to choose between destroying a famous building and sacrificing our own men, then our men's lives count infinitely more, and the buildings must go," decreed General Eisenhower. In mid-February 226 Fortresses, Liberators, Mitchells, the Marauders flew over the snow-capped mountains, and with terrifying precision dropped their bombs on the monastery. From neighboring Castellone Ridge men of the 36th watched excitedly as the great billows of smoke and flame consumed the abbey. By the next day only one small section remained standing. [From the history of The Abbey Of Montecassino taken from the official website.] The MONTECASSINO Monastery was founded by St. Benedict about 529 of the Christian Era on the remnants of a preexisting Roman fortification of the municipium Casinum. During the final stage of world war II when Montecassino happened to be on the firing line between two armies: this place of prayer and study which had become in these exceptional circumstances a peaceful shelter for hundreds of defenceless civilians, in only three hours was reduced to a heap of debris under which many of the refugees met their death. [General Sharon take note: Eisenhower, Roosevelt and Churchill are all considered great men today.] -- Dovid Ben Chaim |
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