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Davutoglu lacks the moral clarity to stand up to the terrorists and becomes their appeaser

Turkish PM, Ahmet Davutoglu, Appeases Islamic Terrorists



For decades, Hamas and other terrorists have started wars with Israel. Then, they use the peace-talks as time to recuperate from war and resupply themselves with weaponry and plans to attack Israel in the future. They hope to destroy Israel piecemeal over time by compromising her during peacetime and destroying her through violence. In 2014, Hamas broke the peace by firing rockets into Israel--yet again.
Yet, Turkey's Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, recently called Israelis "terrorists" and stated that their (self-defense) attack on Gaza fostered the radicalization of new members for Islamic terrorist groups. Obviously, Davutoglu's assumption is false and implies that Israel should allow itself to be attacked by terrorists since fighting back allegedly radicalizes more Muslims. The assumption is false because the radical Islamists already have a religious, ideological agenda that involves radicalizing Muslims and bullying all nations into becoming Islamic dictatorships. Further, there will always be people with a twisted enough worldview who can be radicalized. That means the radicalization of the Muslim world happens independently of Israel's military actions. Had Israel not attacked Gaza after being attacked by Hamas, the radicalization of Muslim populations would still occur. Moreover, had Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists (and their Iranian founders) gotten their wish to totally obliterate Israel, Islamic jihadists would still be radicalizing the Muslim world. They would continue doing that to achieve the aforementioned goal of establishing dictatorships in every country.

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So, to blame Israel's self-defense actions against Hamas murderers for the radicalization of Muslims is absurd. It constitutes "blaming the victim for the crime". That's the larger view of the issue. On the particular, individual level, one might see some irrational individuals using Israel's justifiable actions as an excuse to join radical jihadist groups. However, Israel is not responsible for their irrational views of Israeli self-defense. Israel is also not responsible for their unethical joining with radical groups. That's because those terrorist wannabes are responsible (like all individuals are) for their own thinking and actions. The Israeli military is merely acting in its self-defense whenever Palestine's Hamas terrorists start wars with Israelis. Furthermore, Israel's self-defense responses to Hamas depredations do not become invalidated by irrational individuals using it as an excuse to join radical-Islamist groups. Israel's right to self-defense remains absolutely right and right absolutely. Israel still has a valid moral duty to protect their citizens from terrorism. Because they are responsible for their own views and actions, the newly radicalized recruits must be held accountable for their own anti-Israel excuses for mass-murder. By not holding them blamable and responsible for their excuses and terrorism, Davutoglu is not helping us fight against terrorism. By blaming Israel for the murderous actions of Islamic radicals, he is merely helping the terrorists (i.e. by verbally attacking those who fight them). Therefore, Davutoglu lacks the moral clarity to stand up to the terrorists and becomes their appeaser.


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George Koukeas is a freelance writer focusing on political news and commentary and has been published in newspapers, magazines and websites. 


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