Tell It Like It Is by Arlene Peck June 11, 2002 It’s a good thing I’m not in government. At least, not in Israel. Because I have never given a damn about the political correctness of it all. As far as my feelings about the kamikaze sub-humans that strive for ‘martyrdom’ by blowing up Israeli kindergarten classes - they should die preemptively. I mean it. It has now reached the point that we need to meet them on their own terms, by not only hunting down the terrorists themselves and destroying them, but also by hunting down their family members and friends who share these same evil intentions and will most likely act on them one day. We should start with the proud mom who screams at the coffin of her child, all the while clutching a check from America's good friends, the Saudis, for $25,000 and hoping maybe that the family can collect another ten or twenty thousand from Saddam or Arafat. Hey, after all, it's only payment for raising such a good example of Palestinian youth. But, I wouldn't stop there. If Israel would locate the house of the terrorist, and his cousins' house next door, and, without risking the life one Israeli soldier, drop a bomb right on it, then maybe, maybe, it might get the potential terrorists' attention. If, possibly, these evil people who raise their children for hate and destruction for monetary gain in fulfilling their mission of 'martyrdom' are shown that their plans to annihilate Israel aren't working, then, they might think twice. If they weren't given the chance to spend their terrorist funds, then possibly their neighbors would hesitate in strapping fake bombs on their three year olds at rallies. We've all seen the pictures of them marching around holding toy guns. However, if daddy and uncle are impressed enough, then it might get through their evil heads that they won't get a chance to spend their money. I truly believe that the only way to stem terrorism in Israel is to liquidate those who know, aide and abet the killers and their families. If I remember correctly, Moammar Qaddafi was no different than Arafat at one time. At every chance, he carried out terrorist attacks against the United States and supported those against Israel. That is, until US President Ronald Reagan dropped a bomb on his palace and his daughter was killed. It was an unfortunate way to make your point. However, after that, his methods changed. It's been a long time since Qaddafi has been a major player in the terrorism game. Now, the American President spoke to graduating military cadets and told them that the only way to win the war of terrorism is by going on the offensive, not the defensive. Let him remember that thought when it comes to Israel. I am weary of Palestinian 'victim hood'. More so, I am beyond tolerance of their obsession with Israel. Frankly, it reminds me of the loser who never had a date for the prom. Everyone was at fault. Nobody wanted to go out with him. Instead of accepting the fact that maybe, just maybe, his attitude, personality and appearance left something to be desired, it was a lifetime aura he carried around of the poor, poor victim - dumped on by womenkind. The Arabs somehow have reached the twenty-first century with a ninth century mentality. The Arab war is not so much that of religion, but that of mentality. Their motivation has always been to continue their hatred of Israel and teaching each generation how they are oppressed. If it weren't so illogical I could almost find it amusing that there are 300 million Arabs and five million of these Jewish 'oppressors'. Give me a break! With all of the oil in the Arab world, there are billions and billions of dollars that could have been used for their people in research, education and medicine. Instead, much of it has been spent in the casinos of the world or shops in London. It would have been easy to bring their people into the modern world. Yet, they would rather keep their population in wretched camps. How much easier it would have been to share their good fortune rather than blame, blame, blame the United States and Israel for all their misfortune. Can anyone name three accomplishments of the modern Arab world? I won't even begin to list the pages and pages of Jewish contributions to medicine, art, literature, etc. Probably, in today’s crazy times, I would be criticized for it anyway. It would be politically incorrect. Hell, we're so crazy about not hurting anybody's feelings in America that we go out of our way not to profile middle-eastern visitors to our land because we don't want law-suits from them. Has anyone noticed who the perpetrators of the heinous crimes against humanity that we are trying to prevent are? A movie recently opened which was about terrorism. However, they couldn't show it like it is, where the real terrorists were Arabs. Instead, they had neo-Nazis as the ones dropping the bombs on American cities. Really. Show me how many Nazis there are around lately who are planning terrorist attacks. The people in Hollywood didn't want to take the chance of lawsuits from the Arab community for portraying the truth. Next, they’ll be showing films with the bad guys coming from New Zealand. All in order to be 'politically correct.' ---------------------------------- Arlene Peck is an internationally syndicated columnist and television talk show hostess. She can be reached at bestredhead@earthlink.net. or through her website, ArlenePeck.com