By Mark David Blum, Esq.

“You want a piece of me? Come get it”, barked the tired and trigger happy Jew.

It seems that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has opened his fat pig mouth and upchucked another of his imbecilic threats of war and that, “the disappearance of Israel is an inevitable fact. It is an historical process in the region which will come to an end in several years."

Count me as among those tired of a lifetime of hogwash draped as prophecy but used by cowards to maim and kill. If there are indeed seventy two virgins awaiting them in heaven; there must be one damn good reason the women are still virgins. Dare I speculate?

Let us talk about a hypothetical world for a moment. In that world there is a guy who every time he gets a chance, he walks up and slaps you across the face. At first, you turn the other cheek, but he still walks up and slaps you. You try to stay out of his way, but he hunts you down, sneaks up, and smacks you good. Then you try slapping him down to the ground but he just gets back up and slaps you again across the face. Your friends come around and smack him down but he still comes back and smacks you again. You call the police and he is put in prison, but the moment he gets out, he again comes right up to you and slaps you in the face. During his incarceration, his friends come around and smack you in the face.

Does anybody in the end fault you when one day you pick up a shotgun and blow the guy’s head off? When is enough, enough?

I have been to New York City and have stood a long time pondering the hell that must have been the morning of 9-11. More than just a passing prayer was said as I stared at Firehouse 10; across the street from the footprint. I remember how I felt that day. The irony is how I am more angry at what my country has turned into as a result.

When the United States learned that Al Qaeda was behind the 9-11 attacks and that Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Ladin were given safe shelter in Afghanistan, our nation knew exactly what to do. We bombed Afghanistan, wiped the government off the face of the earth, and rid the entire country of as many supporters as we could find. To this day, we still hunt and still kill but we are no closer still to the ultimate goal. From 2001 and since, nobody dared accuse the United States of excessive force in Afghanistan. If anything, we hollered for more force, more dead, and the smoking smoldering corpse of Bin Ladin. The world stood solidly behind us. Every American was politically united on this goal.

This is the best analogy of what I see as being the conflict between Israel and the terrorist hoards that haunt her borders. Israel has honored every agreement, has pulled out of the Sinai, the Gaza Strip, and nearly all of the Golan. They have offered peace, traded prisoners, and bent over backwards despite the endless blood being spilled.

I have not always supported Israel’s actions. Her policies of collective punishment offend me. Throughout most of her history, she has dealt with enemies, real and perceived, with severe and swift action. A lot of the bad blood and hate that permeates the world, Israel has brought onto herself by her own heavy handed actions.

Since 1973, the question of the existence of the State of Israel has been resolved within the Arab world. Jordan has made her peace. Egypt has made her peace. Saudi Arabia and the other Arab states have stopped their intended military interventions.

Then, beginning in 1976, the Palestinians became the patsies used by Arab nations tried to advance political aims that could not be gained on the battlefield. Over and over again, Israel was provoked and when she responded, the Palestinians and Arab world would point a finger at Israel and say “shame”. (We must, however, be honest and call a hog a hog. There is no such thing as a Palestinian as once there was TransJordan. The Balfour Declaration created Israel and Jordan).

Yet, none of this is good enough. Not one day has passed since the pull out of the Gaza, that shells were not being fired into Israel. Kidnapped soldiers have not yet been returned home. A war was fought and America forced Israel to ceasefire and withdraw. Like Iraq, blood was shed for nothing as the ultimate aim was abandoned.

Still rockets are fired and mouths shoot off.

If it was the United States enduring such harassment from any nation or group, we would not be having this discussion. Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza would already resemble the surface of the moon.

It is time to show that bacon laden Nasrallah and the rest of his little piglets to put up or shut up. If they want their war, then let’s go. Otherwise, let them confess their true cowardice and go home quietly.

I am no fan of war or killing and many know my views are not really Israel-friendly or even U.S.-friendly on the subject of foreign policy. I have hated how we handled Iraq and the rest of the so-called ‘War on Terror’. At the same time, I am glad there are nearly 200,000 American troops parked on both sides of Iran’s border. A chance like this will not come again.

We must give the same right to Israel that we claim for ourselves. If you substitute Hezbollah or Hamas for Al Qaeda and Lebanon for Afghanistan, you will have to agree.

It is time to green light the Israelis to end this war of attrition once and for all. No nation should intervene so long as a single Hezbollah or Hamas fighter remains alive. ‘Hate’ and ‘Anger’ are infectious diseases. Many are making money and gaining power by spreading the contagion hidden behind religious fundamentalism.

The time has come to demand unconditional surrender … or death. No more and never again means just that.