WOIFM

Things I know are true

Things I know are true and you should too:

• People who set out to kill civilians for political gain are terrorists and are also evil.
• Nations who provide financial support to terrorists, who provide politcal cover for terrorists, who harbor terrorists and knowingly allow them to remain within their borders, are sponsors of terrorism.
• A nation which finds itself the target of terrorists has a moral obligation to defend itself and its citizens from terrorism.
• Fighting terrorists by eradicating their bases, seizing their financial networks, removing governments that support them, and keeping them on the run for their lives, has been proven to work, at least as long as your people have the stomach to maintain the pressure against the terrorists.
• Even if fighting terrorists angers other terrorists, it's hard for anyone to strike out at you while they are running for their lives.

I'm not the first one to notice this, but since Israel began its recent military operations several days ago, there has been only one suicide bomber, as opposed to the once-per-day bombs that Israel saw before that. Their strategy has worked to save Israeli lives, defense of its people's lives and freedom being the ultimate purpose of government.

When Israel moved against Arafat, I was told that Israel "just doesn't get it." But they get it exactly right. Arafat's goal is, and always has been, to destroy the Israeli nation. He will not stop. Hew will not soften. He will only disguise his ultimate goal for temporary advantage. To treat Yasser Arafat as anything less than a sponsor of terror - like the Taliban, like Saddam Hussein, and their ilk - is a mistake.