What would you do to Free a Prisoner?

Israel has threatened "extreme action" to free a soldier captured by the Palestinians. I fear to think what can be more extreme than the daily massacring of women and children. Already, the infrastructure in Gaza has been targeted with three bridges and a power station being destroyed in air strikes. Allah knows what is coming.

All this for just one solder. One soldier - a solitary man - has been captured and Israel believes it has the right to annihilate another people. Moreover, the world seems to agree. 1 million Palestinians have been held responible for the capture of one Israeli. And in a way it is admirable - the unity, the strength, the power to show the world that nobody messes with them. Honestly, when I see this type of action, I cannot help but remember the times when whole lands were opened by Muslim armies due to the imprisonment or ill-treatment of a single Muslim. Israel puts into practice the hadith of the Ummah being a single body, a policy which we have mastered in theory alone. All we are capable of doing to free our prisoners is a bit of letter-writing, a bit of petitioning and a belief that we have done our bit in the struggle. As admirable as this is, we all know that there is only one language the oppressors understand. It is worth reading the following extract from Pierre Berton's interview with Malcolm X on this issue.

BERTON: That "striking out," what form is it going to take? You talk of giving the Ku Klux Klan a taste of its own medicine. This is in direct opposition to the theory of nonviolence of Dr. Martin Luther King, who doesn't believe in striking back. What do you mean by "a taste of its own medicine"? Are you going to burn fiery crosses on their lawns? Are you going to blow up churches with the Ku Klux Klan kids in them? What are you going to do?

MALCOLM X: Well, I think that the only way that two different races can get along with each other is, first, they have to understand each other. That cannot be brought about other than through communication dialogue– and you can't communicate with a person unless you speak his language. If the person speaks French, you can't speak English or German.

BERTON: We have that problem in our country, too.

MALCOLM X: In America, our people have so far not been able to speak the type of language that the racists understand. By not speaking that language, they fail to communicate, so that the racist element doesn't really believe that the black American is a human being–part of the human family. There is no communication. So I believe that the only way to communicate with that element is to be in a position to speak their language.

BERTON: And this language is violence?

MALCOLM X: I wouldn't call it violence. I think that they should be made to know that, any time they come into a black community and inflict violence upon members of that black community, they should realize in advance that the black community can speak the same language. Then they would be less likely to come in.

BERTON: Let's be specific here: suppose that a church is bombed. Will you bomb back?

MALCOLM X: I believe that any area of the United States, where the federal government has shown either its unwillingness or inability to protect the lives and the property of the black American, then it is time for the black Americans to band together and do whatever is necessary to see that we get the type of protection we need.

BERTON: "Whatever is necessary?"

MALCOLM X: I mean just that. Whatever is necessary. This does not mean that we should go out and initiate acts of aggression indiscriminately in the white community. But it does mean that, if we are going to be respected as human beings, we should reserve the right to defend ourselves by whatever means necessary. This is recognized and accepted in any civilized society....

So lets flip it. Israel is currently holding captive almost 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children. The USA, in collusion with Britain, Spain, Germany, and many other countries, has not only kidnapped but also tortured thousands of Muslims all over the world. And they continue to hold these prisoners today. So if Israel are justified in targeted infrastructure and massacring civilians to rescue this solitary captive ... well, we got plenty of prisoners to free ourselves. Do we have the ability to take such measure? Very doubtful. Should we try? Results lie with Allah?

So is diplomacy a thing of the past now and have the rules changed? And if they have so changed, I am sure that there are plenty of people waiting for their throw of the dice.

As for Cpl Gilad Shalit, if the Zionists arent willing to trade off some of their own captives for his release, I pray they execute the bastard.