Let’s start with the headline:
Syria Hints at Resistance Vs. Israel
The AP has just legitimized Syria’s claim, and added yet another story in the plus column about “armed resistance.” The lead passes on, uncritically, the terms provided by the Syrian propagandists.
Syria could resort to armed resistance if peace negotiations do not lead to Israel’s return of the Golan Heights, the country’s Information Minister said Sunday.
Mohsen Bilal said international negotiations should lead to Israel giving back the Golan Heights, captured from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed. If that does not happen, he warned Syria could resort to “other means, which struggling people have used at various points in history, beginning with legitimate resistance.”
So you see, they’re now couching what would amount to a declaration of war by Syria—“Give us the Golan back or else we attack you”—into the revolutionary terminology that is endemic among all terrorists movements today. “Resistance fighters” is the euphemism for Hamas, Hezbullah, the terrorists in Iraq, and any other movement, apparently, that uses force to achieve its ends. It no longer carries the kind of connotation it held during WWII, when resistance fighters blew up German supply trains and killed Nazi officers. No, now it’s used for any Muslim or Arab grievance against, well, mostly Israel, but also the U.S.
But Bilal said Syrians were eager to resume talks.
“The road for peace and stability in the region and the world goes through ending occupation” of the Golan Heights, he said, opening a three-day media forum geared at highlighting Syria’s right to the Golan.
Uh-huh. Say, how did the Syrians lose the Golan anyway? Oh, that’s right. The Six-Day War. Prior to that, what was Syria doing from the Golan? Shelling civilians. But honest, all they want is peace. That’s why they keep on saying they’re going to attack Israel.
Peace. Right.