tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380357409510446092.post1714681245914197828..comments2024-03-17T08:22:06.049+01:00Comments on Looking for Linda: Breaking the SilenceLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07954973933146210474noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380357409510446092.post-68963946022590841532011-09-17T09:07:21.550+02:002011-09-17T09:07:21.550+02:00I've met a small number of serving IDF in Isra...I've met a small number of serving IDF in Israel. I've had friends who were serving and ex members of UK forces who had seen active (ie killing people) service. <br />There's something about the attitude of all the military people I've met that left me colder. I guess what affected me most is that people can be trained to be ready to kill other peopl; not just in the 'do or die', 'you or me' moments but also planned lethal actions from a safe distance that will wipe out others.<br />The guy who I understood least was an Israel Palestinian from a village in Galilee who flew with the IDF. One of only two Palestinian Israels he said, who did that. As we sat talking in a home of his relative, a good friend of mine, he took his hand gun out of his trouser belt because it was uncomfortable there. He sat flipping it from hand to hand as he spoke about the need for 'security'.Pete Kelsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460946171507329233noreply@blogger.com