The Cost of fighting Evil...
This isn't going to be a comparison with Hamas or Israel... just random thoughts about human evil, hatred, vengeance and the plight of the innocent.
It's WW2. Reinhard Heydrich had built a fearsome reputation in the Third Reich by 1941. A committed Nazi, he founded the SD, he organized Kristallnacht, oversaw the Einsatzgruppen and was Himmler's top man in charge of wiping out the Jews. In 1942 he ran the Wansee Conference which plotted out the "Final Solution".
It's difficult to find a worse human being at the time... even when he was surrounded by evil people.
In 1941 the British gov't worked with Czech partisans to plot to kill Heydrich who was the Nazi leader of Prague and surrounding region. He was nicknamed the "Butcher of Prague" because of his crackdown on the Czech resistance.
In May, 1942 Heydrich was attacked in a vehicle by partisans and he was injured. He died several days later in the hospital.
Hitler was furious and ordered 10,000 civilians be executed.
But the leadership never followed that order and instead picked out a Czech village, Lidice to be the epicenter of their vengeance. All men were round up and shot immediately. The women and children were taken and sent to concentration camps. There, some of the children were sent to Germany and most of the rest were gassed to death.
The village was demolished to the ground. All farm animals and pets were killed. To this day, the village stands unchanged, as a memorial to violence.
Around 1400 people were killed in retribution for the killing of Heydrich.
The successor to Heydrich was no better than Heydrich, possibly worse... and the "Final Solution" continued unabated until 1945.
So it brings up the rhetorical question... is there a limit to fighting evil? Should evil be fought at any and all costs? Is there a fine line? Did the British MI5 consider possible repercussions to launching Operation Anthropoid?
IMHO, this is a question that really can't be answered. One can NOT stand still and allow evil to fester but what is the price you're willing to pay?
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