[image: In this undated photo, originally posted on a Facebook page belonging to Eden Aberjil, and taken from the Israeli blog site sachim.tumblr.com, an Israeli army soldier poses in front of blindfolded man identified in the Israeli media as a Palestinian prisoner. The Hebrew in the top right translates as,] In this undated photo, originally posted on a Facebook page belonging to Eden Aberjil, and taken from the Israeli blog site sachim.tumblr.com, an Israeli army soldier poses in front of blindfolded man identified in the Israeli media as a Palestinian prisoner. The Hebrew in the top right translates as, "Eden Arberjil's photos - army...the best ti
Showing no signs of remorse, Eden Abergil, the former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldier who caused a worldwide stir by posting pictures of herself posing next to blindfolded Palestinian, has defended her action by saying “in war there are no rules“. Ms. Abergil has received thousands of messages on the social networking site Facebook, where she had posted the photos dubbed ‘IDF — the best time of my life’, some of them sympathetic and others chastising to which she has been actively responding. A participant in the debate commented on one of the photos saying, “Because of such a simple and innocent picture they ruined this girl’s life and made of her something she is not.” Ms. Abergil responded to the comment, making it clear to the surfer that she’s not taking the issue too seriously. “No honey, they didn’t ruin my life. I can’t afford to have Arab—lovers ruin the perfect life I’m leading!!! I am not sorry and I do not regret it.” Another surfer, Shai, responded to Ms. Abergil and claimed that she failed to grasp the meaning and implication of her actions. “It’s called humanism,” he wrote, prompting Ms. Abergil to respond: “I’m not humane towards murderers.” “In war there are no rules,” she wrote. She later adopted an even harsher tone declaring, “I hate Arabs and wish them all the worst. I would gladly kill them all and even butcher them; one cannot forget their actions.” Referring to the possibility that the images could injure Israel’s image in the international arena, Ms. Abergil said, “We will always be attacked. Whatever we do, we will always be attacked.” IDF described the former soldier’s behaviour “shameful” which brings to disrepute the country and the army, but amid criticisms a virtual support group has also been established calling itself ‘We are all with Eden Abergil’, and currently numbering 600 people. The members have demanded that other soldiers post pictures similar to the ones uploaded by Ms. Abergil. The former soldier has also approved hundreds of new Facebook friend requests that have been pouring in since the story broke causing a storm worldwide. “These terrible photographs reflect a norm in the way Palestinians are viewed, as an object and not as humans. It is an attitude that ignores their feelings as humans and their individual rights,” the head of the Public Committee Against Torture, Ishai Menuchin, said in response to the photos. On Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:50:06 AM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://stupidfrogs.org/articles/fundamental_rules_of_engagement.html > > > > *FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF ENGAGEMENT* > > > > > > By Maj. Gen. Jerry R. Curry, (Ret'd) > CurryforAmerica.com > > In the Middle-East a fundamental question that has yet to be asked and > answered by the Obama Administration is, “Is the United States willing to > pay whatever price is necessary to win the war it has chosen to fight with > ISIS, ISIL, Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and any of their Muslim, terrorist > off-shoots?” > > If the answer is yes, then the US military’s rules of engagement today > should be as flexible as they were in WW II. In those days our military > forces were unshackled and turned loose to plan and execute any war > strategy guaranteed to result in victory. > > So if victory in the Middle-East is our goal today, we need to get real > and adopt rules of engagement similar to those we adopted during WW II. > Back then, unlike today, protecting American military lives was at the top > of the menu and political correctness was at the bottom. > > These days our troops can’t fire back at the enemy without first getting > an approval of some kind from a higher headquarters. By the time they do > get the approval, if they are fortunate enough to get it at all, the battle > may be over and our troops dead. To make matters worse, our troops have to > try to persuade the Arabs fighting alongside them to adopt the same tepid, > self-defeating rules of engagement that neuter and hamstring our troops in > their efforts to be victorious on the battlefield. > > The Pentagon higher-ups and their spokesmen brag about launching a half > dozen airstrikes in Syria and Iran and, in the process, perhaps killing one > terrorist leader. In a real war our Navy, Air Force and Marine jets are > accustomed to launching a hundred airstrikes before lunch. > > During one of my tours of duty in Vietnam I spent a year commanding the 220 > th Army Aviation Reconnaissance Company. One of our jobs was marking > ground targets for Marine and Air Force jets to bomb into oblivion. We > didn’t play at war; we went for the juggler every time. > > In the middle-east today there are two wars being fought simultaneously. > One is a brutal, dirty, vicious, evil kind of war in which women are raped, > children are fitted with explosive vests and detonated and entire families > are beheaded. The other war is being waged by misguided, politically > correct western governments who think terrorists deserve to be represented > by our best criminal lawyers in civil courts. > > Most Muslims and Muslim nations pretend they are peace loving moderates. > The facts tell a different story. If they were really moderates, there > would be continuous street demonstrations condemning the actions and > violence of ISIL and the Islamic State. Instead, there is almost no > condemnation of any kind. Instead they look the other way while savage, > barbaric Muslim terrorists spread their evil across the middle-east. Saudi > Arabia and a few of its Arab allies seem to be getting the message and are > no longer just content to talk. They are starting to act out their > resistance to these brutal, Stone Age barbarians. > > This is probably because they have figured out that if ISIL and the > Islamist State aren’t stopped, their evil will quickly boil over into > nations like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey and Jordan. These nations would > rather see war come to others than to themselves. For years they could rely > on the United States to protect them, but they are confused now by the > disinterest and indifference shown by their once always reliable American > protector. > > The Ebola medical crisis in Africa has been given a higher priority than > hunting down and killing vicious Muslim terrorists. The health of our > troops, who are totally unprepared to deal with infectious diseases, is > being sacrificed on the altar of political opportunism. This disregard for > the health and welfare of our troops and allies is scary. What does it > portend for the future and for future relations? > > Is our lawless federal government serious about protecting America’s > citizens or is it just going through its rules of engagement? The great > scholar and bestselling author, Thomas Sowell, sums it up this way, > President Obama, “has different priorities than the protection of the > American people and America’s interests as a nation.” > > Radio talk show host and best-selling author Michael Savage maintains > that, “Obama’s been engaged in a civil war from the day he seized the > presidency … it’s a declaration of war against the country’s traditional > values and freedoms.” It is also a war against the American people. > > Has our nation become involved in a serious war led by an unserious > president? Will his rules of engagement result in victory, or failure? 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