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Something to Think About
by Gordon Francis Corbett
When I was told that Daniel Pearl had been killed, I felt disheartened and sick. When I saw Matt Drudge's headline, "They Slit His Throat," I felt insenate rage. When I cooled off, I started thinking. I remembered a book, "Vengeance," by George Jonas. Mr. Jonas is, or was, an Israeli. In 1972, Black September terrorists murdered many Israeli athletes attending the Olympic Games in Munich. In response, the Israeli government exacted a fearsome retribution. They formed, trained, and deployed teams of assassins armed with pistols. Once, unfortunately, a team killed an innocent waiter in Lillehammer, Norway, because he closely resembled one of their targets. In the end, the Israelis executed almost every one of the Black September murderers. We can do likewise with the murderers of Daniel Pearl. We should begin with the actual killers and proceed up their chain of command. This task will not be easy. Congress has long starved our intelligence agencies of personnel, tools, and money; and, even after our agencies have those assets, learning to use them properly will take time. Nevertheless, we must do it. Foreign thugs have declared an open season on Americans. In the social compact undergirding our Constitution, we jointly hire people to protect our rights. Daniel Pearl's killers violated his rights, and our paid public servants must redeem the debt that his murder created. Our enemies will scoff, because our leaders rarely carry out their threats. Nevertheless, gradually, as the toll of killers, planners, and sponsors grows, their colleagues will realize that murdering Americans is a delayed form of suicide. On "the shores of Tripoli," Lieutenant Stephen Decatur taught that fact to every despot, but our leaders' subsequent neglect has given them a long time to forget. Let us help them to relearn it.
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