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Letters from page 6
Reform's Stand
Rabin's Lessons
We are very sorry for every U.S.
soldier who died or was hurt in
Iraq ("Exit Iraq," Nov. 24, page
36). We've lost about 2,100 of the
best over the last two years. By
comparison, death due to motor
vehicle accidents in the U.S. in the
year 2002 totaled 43,005 U.S. citi-
zens. That makes the annual
American human loss in Iraq 2.4
percent of the car accident annual
mortality.
Turnirig a possible democratic
Iraq into a probable radical
Islamic theocracy a la Iran is a
major danger to the U.S. and the
world. No question that all of us
want to get out of Iraq, President
Bush included. Yet without the
establishment of a democratic
Iraq, the death of our soldiers was
in vain.
It is better to fight terror in Iraq
rather in New York. The situation
in Iraq is quickly improving.
Despite the bad, relentless report-
ing by the news media, our sol-
diers' morale is high even with
attempts — from Hollywood to
the Reform movement — to
undermine it.
We are all anti-war; but if we
accept the time-honored Roman
dictum, "If you want peace pre-
pare for war," We have to accept
the war option.
I do have a problem with
Madeleine Albright, a Reform
movement convention speaker,
since she discovered so suddenly
her Jewish ancestry when she was
confronted, but not before that.
The ineptness she showed as sec-
retary of state directly decreased
the U.S. image and promoted the
war option in Iraq. She is still
undermining the U.S. government
and trying to turn America into a
paper tiger. .
Jewish organizations such as
Reform Jews have gotten involved
in American politics unnecessari-
ly. Other Jewish organizations will
undoubtedly promote the oppo-
site stand, creating new rifts in
the American Jewish community.
The Reform movement should •
better concern themselves with
the situation in Darfur and rais-
ing funds for the prevention of
genocide there.
Former Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin's life must be viewed
in context of the world he left
behind ("Lessons From Rabin's
Murder," Nov. 17, page 50). His
insistence on continuing the cha-
rade of implementing the 1993
Oslo Accords in spite of increasing-
ly violent and creative Palestinian
terrorist attacks taught the world's
terrorists that suicide bombings
yield political victories.
By rewarding the Palestinians
with land and weapons, combined
with then-President Clinton's con-
tribution of international legitima-
cy by elevating Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat to the status of a
legitimate world leader, Rabin and
Clinton created the environment
where terrorists are emboldened
by the restraint of their victims.
Similarly, France's restraint in the
face of intifada-like riots will
ensure that Muslim rioters become
an accepted form of protest
around the globe.
If Rabin must be remembered,
we should learn from his mistakes
and not repeat his left-wing utopi-
an fantasies. Territorial conces-
sions are viewed by the Islamic
world as a victory against an
increasingly weakened West.
Israel's territorial withdrawals
encourage the Muslim goal of re-
establishing the caliphite, or
Muslim empire. Thus Israeli and
U.S. appeasement of Palestinian
terrorists undermines the
American war on terror and future
9-11s in the U.S. and around the
world more likely.
Isaac Barr, M.D.
www.nstarcommunitybank,com
Southfield
1053520
Marc Baker
Birmingham
Promising Leaders
I want to thank you for the IN front
page that recognized Oren
Brandvain, K'tanaw Schiff and Dov
Lerman-Sinkoff as they participat-
ed in the yearlong workshop in
Israel for Habonim Dror
("Experiencing Israel:' Nov. 24).
We are so proud of our young
chaverim who have taken over the
leadership of Ameinu/Labor
Zionist Alliance locally and nation-
ally. The ideals of Labor Zionism
are'
re in good hands.
Dena G. Greenberg
For the Chay Commisssion/
Ameinu/Labor Zionist Alliance
Oak Park
December 1 2005