Ariel Sharon,An Immortal Legacy
by Nagi N. Najjar
Sabra and Shatila darkened P.M. Sharon's name for decades, as manipulated by Arab media warfare, it was a segment of a bigger, confrontation dynamic playing out between Islam and the Forces supporting the West in the Middle East. The Sabra and Shatila camps were not a piece of Real Estate on the French Riviera and Cote D'Azur where barbarians came from nowhere and massacred "innocent" Palestinians living there.Sabra and Shatilla was an ugly reaction in history to Palestinian gangsterism in Lebanon, from the Lebanese community who were fed up with Yasser Arafat and his gangs who harbored most of the terror organizations of the world, protecting them, and giving them support from the PLO and their likes. Most of the airplane hijacking in the 70's and 80's were masterminded in the Sabra and Shatilla Camps of Beirut by the Palestinian organizations; many Lebanese kidnapped by the PLO gangs were murdered there and never returned. Where was the silent Press of the West then? Why this silence? The silence was due to Arab Saudi Oil influencing European and US political and media influence. Indeed, Prince Bandar from his Aspen, Colorado residence and his Washington residence succeeded in coercing the White House, the State Department , European and US media, to turn a blind eye to the atrocities of Islam against the other minorities in the Middle East. Thousands of Lebanese were murdered in Damur and other cities of Lebanon prior to Sabra and Shatilla. Sabra and Shatilla was a primal reaction to an unprovoked barbaric and savage slaughter of Lebanese Christians by Islamists. Where was the West? They were blinded by Saudi Oil. Today, after the events of Iraq , the wheel is turning in an alarming situation in Lebanon, just as prior to 1982 when the IDF entered Lebanon to help the Lebanese liberate themselves from the terror of the PLO and other Islamic militias ruling the country Ben Laden style. The silent West, sedated by Saudi financial influence, didn't move, as it watched the Christians of Lebanon being massacred by the various Islamic Palestinian militias. Israel responded on its own due to a brave, political decision taken then by Prime Minister Begin and Minister of Defense Ariel Sharon. The whole world later came down against them: why? 20 years of Islamic terrorism could have been prevented in the Middle East should Sharon have consolidated Lebanon with an Israeli military alliance. The Israeli Forces and their Lebanese Forces allies in Lebanon were crushing Islamic fundamentalism and the Palestinian mini-armies of Yasser Arafat who were spreading terror using Southern Lebanon as a springboard for their terror operations against Israel. No, instead, the Americans who pretended to know better, condemned Israel and pressured Israel to withdraw. The Americans then landed in Beirut in 1983 to consolidate Lebanon under the banner of "US Democracy" and ran later like rabbits with the first wave of car bombs that Hezbollah launched against them. The results?US diplomats were kidnapped and murdered everywhere for 20 years as a result, their diplomatic missions and Embassies were blown up everywhere possible, from Beirut to Ryadh, to the USS Cole in Yemen, to the Nairobi attacks on the US Embassies, finalizing it in the event of September 11th in the United States, and not to forget the Islamic terror offensive in London, Paris, Darfur, and other parts of the world. A "Western" orientated Lebanon collapsed and Lebanon became a breeding ground for Islamic terrorism as Iran and Syrian use the various Palestinian and Islamic militias as offensive instruments to achieve their goal . The whole Middle East surrendered to Islamic fundamentalism and kidnaping, murders and car bombs, became the new reality of the Islamic world to be used against the West, predominantly America, as the Islamic terror pressure increased on the State of Israel. The best instrument of diplomacy used by the Palestinians to get concessions from Israel was terrorism, and the best advise America gave Israel was to concede to the Palestinians for a Peace of illusion that was promoted by various White House Administrations who never will understand a politically and religiously nuanced Middle East. Ariel Sharon understood the Islamic threat and had the adequate response to its problem. Terrorism has to be challenged by force and not concessions. If the United State had let Sharon proceed forward in Lebanon, the Middle East would be a different and quiet piece of Real Estate today. Sharon in substance, with the Christians of Lebanon, turned Lebanon into the cemetery of all Islamic Fundamentalism, despite a few missed political opportunities . America beat him on the head in 1982, forcing him to withdraw as if they could do better; America beat him again on the head in 2005 with the Gaza Withdrawal. The new US results? even more dangerous, just look around you! Iran, with a nuclear bomb in hand is waiting for the first sign of US weakness to take over Iraq. The situation is more perilous than described as if you read closely, the world is concerned that Iran does not develop a home grown nuclear capacity and does not address the real possibility that Iran has nukes purchased elsewhere. After assassinating Hariri and others to prevent Lebanon stabilization under Saudi-US influence, Syria and Iran in the last few months flooded the Palestinian camps, Hezbollah, and various Islamic militias, with tons of arms and ammunition. Lebanon at any moment, is a powder keg ready to explode in Washington's face. In the balance of forces on the ground, Lebanon's today is a de facto stooge, who under Iran's control is expanding its influence, aligned with Hezbollah, in strengthening Hamas in taking over the Palestinian Authority . What we will see afterward is an Iranian Mullah Empire spreading its terror roots from Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon to the PA territories with Ahmadnijad becoming the new Middle East political symbol after Arafat. That is not important for Washington, what it further important for the moment is to bring acting Prime Minister Olmert to Washington to extract more concessions for Palestinians. The more these misguided politicians in Washington articulate Peace in their illusionary vision of a democratic Middle East, the more a war is shaping up at the horizon with Iran and Syria, along with the terror networks affiliated with them.