September 17, 2007
When a man says he wants to kill you ...
Jay Nordlinger offers this bit of wisdom in his latest collection of random thoughts and musings.
The Iranian president has done it again: vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. This time, he said that Israel “cannot continue its life.” He keeps telling us, and telling us — telling us, and telling us. Has the world begun to believe that his pronouncements and intentions are sincere? Does Israel believe it?
I repeat one of the stories I have repeated most: A man makes it out of Auschwitz alive. Someone asks him, “What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned in the last several years?” He answers, “When someone says he wants to kill you, believe him.”
(I believe that is a true story — that this exchange actually took place, in 1945 or shortly thereafter. In any case, its message holds true.)
Funny how such an elemental lesson -- proven true time and again throughout the ages-- is so easily forgotten.
Posted by Mike Lief at September 17, 2007 10:55 AM
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