This is an opinion peace that was published in the National Post a day or 2 ago.
John Robson: The high price Israel pays for believing human life is sacred
What are Israelis thinking trading hostages for terrorists? I consider it a mistake. But nevertheless, and partly in consequence, I want to focus on one excellent reason for it. It’s something hidden in plain sight, something we all understand so instinctively we can easily forget it, and with it what the conflict is all about.
First, channelling my inner Richard Nixon, once you have paid the Danegeld you will never be rid of the Dane. And if you’re going anywhere near geopolitics, you want to have such an inner voice and listen to it. I still say this deal was an error, and will cost them.
Bad as the Danes raiding England in the Dark Ages were, raping and slaughtering in the name of a demonic pantheon, Hamas and its sacrifices to Baal are worse. Had any Israeli asked me, I’d have said last time you traded one good person for thousands of monsters they included Yahya Sinwar, architect of the October 7 atrocity. You just did it again.
John Robson: The high price Israel pays for believing human life is sacred
What are Israelis thinking trading hostages for terrorists? I consider it a mistake. But nevertheless, and partly in consequence, I want to focus on one excellent reason for it. It’s something hidden in plain sight, something we all understand so instinctively we can easily forget it, and with it what the conflict is all about.
First, channelling my inner Richard Nixon, once you have paid the Danegeld you will never be rid of the Dane. And if you’re going anywhere near geopolitics, you want to have such an inner voice and listen to it. I still say this deal was an error, and will cost them.
Bad as the Danes raiding England in the Dark Ages were, raping and slaughtering in the name of a demonic pantheon, Hamas and its sacrifices to Baal are worse. Had any Israeli asked me, I’d have said last time you traded one good person for thousands of monsters they included Yahya Sinwar, architect of the October 7 atrocity. You just did it again.
