The bodies Israel Defense Forces soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser were handed over to the Red Cross on the Lebanese side of the border at around 9 am Wednesday, more than two years after they were kidnapped into Lebanon on July 12, 2006.My heart goes out to the Goldwasser and Regev families.
The prisoner exchange deal with Hizbullah was executed following months of German mediation, and after the government ratified the deal and President Shimon Peres pardoned Lebanese murderer Samir Kuntar.
Kuntar will return to Lebanon along with four other Lebanese prisoners, as well as the bodies of 199 Hizbullah members.
It is a sad day when murderers are pardoned and given license to walk freely among us all. It is a sad day when those who rejoice in evil deeds and revel in the blood of the innocent stroll out of prison.
There was a time when I believed that if we only treated people with respect and dignity they would extend the same courtesy to us. It made sense to me. Be nice and others will be nice to you.
But it is a fantasy that doesn't extend to the real world. Evil exists. There are far too many examples of people who do not feel, who are capable of doing horrible things that you and I could never imagine.
We can review serial killers. We can talk about Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, John Wayne Gacy, BTK etc. We can look at examples of leaders such as Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot etc.
The truth is out there. And that sad and lamentable truth is that there are those who will kill you and your family without compunction. You don't let these people go. You don't set them free. You don't give them the ability to hurt others.
It is not smart. It is not wise and it is most definitely not humane. Save your sympathy for others. Save your tears for those who deserve them. There are monsters who walk the earth during the day and the night and Israel just released some of them.
3 comments:
>Evil exists.
Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be in vogue in this country at present.
World, are you listening to Jack?
Very, very sad. My heart goes out to the families. May they be comforted.
Yeah and then the next thing Hezballah says is "Obviously the only way to release Lebanese prisoners is to kidnap Israeli soldiers." So the cycle goes on.
Leora,
The poor families, I feel very badly for them.
Z,
The cycle- such sad words. May the day come when we do not have to speak them again.
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