We all knows guns can’t stop violence.
Israelis defending themselves with guns beats them having to defend themselves with umbrellas, selfie sticks and nunchucks as has happened during the wave of racist Muslim violence.
But armed Israeli civilians hits CNN in two places. There’s the whole “Muslims being prevented from stabbing Israelis” problem. And it also hits below the gun control belt. Obama and Hillary have ramped up their gun control push. The media’s messaging ridicules anyone who thinks that guns can stop from killing you.
And here the Israelis are sending the opposite message. And it’s working. You can understand why Wolf Blitzer is both incredulous and unhappy with this development.
“Do you think Israeli citizens should be defending the streets with more guns on their side?” he demands.
I suppose it beats them defending streets with less guns on their side.
“So you’re saying that Israeli citizens all over the country, not only in Jerusalem but in Tel Aviv and all over the country, should start packing weapons, walking around with pistols,” an incredulous Wolf Blitzer asks.
Because we all knows guns can’t stop violence.
And yet the Israelis, who haven’t tapped into the wisdom of Smart Power in which you don’t defend yourself but condescendingly talk about how stupid those who defend themselves are, seem to think guns work.
But what do they know?
Mickey Rosenfeld, the police spokesman being interrogated by Blitzer, might just know a little more about the subject.
Yamam was founded in 1974, following that Ma’alot terror attack in which terrorists infiltrating from Lebanon stormed a school, taking the students hostage.
As a tactical and hostage rescue unit, the Yamam was organized for precision missions that require more finesse and a steadier trigger finger than any other existing units.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, a nine-year veteran of the Yamam, said the unit “is the most advanced anti-terrorist unit in the country and has prevented hundreds of terrorist attacks on all levels. The unit is “unique in its capability to be at any time in any place,” allowing the Yamam to “continue to save lives every day,” he emphasized.
During the second intifada the Yamam managed to kill some 50 terrorists en route to suicide bombings and also killed an additional 129 wanted terrorists. But it is the number of arrests – rather than kills – that attest to the unit’s significance in the Israeli security community. A total of 550 wanted terrorists were captured alive and arrested in the same period by the unit, considered internationally to be the finest anti-terror police force in the world.
On the other hand, Wolf Blitzer has an MA in international relations from John Hopkins, so I’m sure he knows best.
by Daniel Greenfield
