Author: This Pivotal Moment

There is an expression attributed to Saul Alinsky, the author of ‘Rules for Radicals’, that ‘the real action is the enemy’s reaction.’ As we witness, in horror, the sickening barbarity of what occurred in Israel a few days ago and the corresponding barbarity of what has only just begun in the Gaza, we would be wise to ponder that short sentence. The objective of Hamas was obviously not to simply avenge the Palestinians by brutally murdering hundreds of innocent Israeli’s along the border, neat and simple though such an explanation may be. Rather, the objective (the action) was to commit…