Friday, August 22, 2014

The Sythians and Israel

The Scythians were famed horse warriors of the central Eurasian steppes starting with the 7th century BC up until the 4th century AD. They did annual raids of the Byzantium Empire and west across into central Europe. In time they decided to do a massive all our raid of as much of Europe as possible. It was to be an expedition that would last four years. Upon a singularly successful conclusion, they went home.
Upon arrival they found their triumphal return blocked by a slave army - their ex-slaves who had now taken to wife their women folk who in turn gave to them them their children.
As was the ways of old, the opposing forces were in opposite ranks across their chosen battlefield. The Scythian confidence that would finish the slaves in one bloody military defeat failed to materialize. On the second day, again they failed to carry the field and so to the third and fourth day.
The c-in-c of the Scythian army called a stop for he needed to think things over re their unexpected predicament of not defeating the slaves.
On the 7th day he called his captains to a counsel. He shared with them his conclusion: "We are fighting them as if they are our equals. So as their equals they have fought us back. For this we have failed to win. Besides treating them as our equals in the field of battle, we have legitimatized their position and so they now have every reason to fight for their homes, women, children and their land. We have to change our style of fighting them."
Next morning, the two sides faced each other. The Scythians marched up to the first row of slaves with no military gear of any sort. Then at an appropriate distance the signal was given. They unbuckled their belts and swung their belts at the slaves who quickly reverted to being slaves before their masters. Thus, the Scythian were to enjoy their triumphal return.

What has this got to do with Israel?
Israel today is treating the Palestinians not just as their military equals. They are treating them as their super-equals. How are they doing this? They are doing this by using F-16 jets and their missiles, their tanks, mortars and so forth. By using all these high-end gear and high-end U.S. military equipment and materiel they are treating the Palestinians as their super-equals, So, the Palestinians respond accordingly.
For this, there is no hope for Israel ever winning the war against the Palestinians that they and the U.S. have created.
In fact they have had to go to Egypt to co-negotiate a truce which their super-equals quickly and non-nonchalantly break. This in turn sends Natenyahu into an apoplectic frothing verbal fit. When this happens, who then is winning?











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