          In the traditions of Rabbi Meir Kahane, z"l
                      Colonel Yehuda Meir
                     The new Jewish Dreyfus
                     by Gershon Ben Shabtai
                            May 1991

       At the beginning of the intifada, orders were given to soldiers in the IDF to break the bones
of Arab rebels.  Today, three years after the fact and with our country still plagued by Arab
revolutionaries, the IDF has set yet another precedent in the emasculating of our defense establishment. 
Rather than admit that Defense Minister Rabin, ruthless militarist that he is, took extraordinary
measures to quell a rebellion, the military court (which always acts under orders from its superiors)
determined that Rabin was "innocent" and that career soldier, Yehuda Meir "acted on his own".  
       Colonel Meir, despite having officers of higher rank and impeccable reputation testify on
his behalf, was reduced in rank to private and dishonorably dismissed from the army.  Now the IDF
and Rabin can wash their hands of the entire matter secure in the knowledge that "justice" has been
done.  
       Little thought is given, however to how this perfidious behavior will affect the ability of
the IDF to function.  Officers will now need to think twice before obeying a command which
politicians may later deem inappropriate and, if so, they might find themselves "responsible" for the
decisions of their commanders! 
       General Norman Schwartzkopf, in a televised interview with David Frost, was asked how
he felt about killing so many innocent human beings.  The general, clearly a humane individual, gave
an answer any real soldier would give, yet one would be hard pressed to find in the IDF (the following
is an approximation of the generals words, and not an exact quote):
        When you are engaged in battle your goals are to prevent as many casualties among your
own soldiers; and to win decisively and as quickly as possible.  In effect, by hastening the conclusion
of hostilities, you will lessen the number of enemy casualties as well.  It must also be pointed out that
the best way to hasten a conclusion of hostilities is to hit the enemy hard and heavy-- without mercy.
       The IDF has consistently taken consideration for the safety of its enemies, even when such
consideration has placed its own soldiers in direct jeopardy.  This is not a Jewish philosophy nor a
military one-- it is strictly political.  This outrageous outgrowth of the ghetto mentality has expressed
itself at its worst in the conduct of the IDF in reaction to the so called "intifada".  Rather than kill
"innocent" throwers of rocks and firebombs on sight and thus end the hostility once and for all, the
army has shown the offenders that lethal action and harsh punishment will not be meted out to those
who try to kill soldiers and civilians in Israel.  On the contrary, soldiers and civilians who are caught
taking the kind of steps any normal army would take against an enemy are, themselves, arrested and
punished!
       Colonel Yehuda Meir was a good soldier who followed unpleasant, but reasonable orders
considering the circumstances.  It is bad enough that Rabin didn't have the guts to stand behind his own
decisions, but it is unconscionable that he would stoop to putting the entire blame on one of his
underlings and act as if breaking the bones of terrorists is some kind of crime.  I can understand the
anti semites of France for making Dreyfus a scapegoat.  But who can comprehend the perfidy of a
Rabin? 
