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"There, he participated in classified anti-terrorism missions such as assassinations and kidnappings." That's something to be proud about? Not really sure why

"There, he participated in classified anti-terrorism missions such as assassinations and kidnappings." That's something to be proud about? Not really sure why this made it to the HN front page, but I guess I'm probably not sharing other people's sentiments about this person's activities.

cookrn 13y ago
I think what the author might have meant regarding your quote above was that the unit Danny was a member of in the IDF was often responsible for diffusing/stopping/ending situations such as "assassinations and kidnappings"
- cdash 13y ago
  I am pretty sure not considering he was in this unit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayeret_Matkal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayeret_Matkal Which has listed in its known operations both assassinations and kidnappings.
  - recuter 13y ago
    You mean like Seal Team Six, the British SAS this particular unit is modeled on, and all special forces (military and police) from all the developed countries ever? A uniform and a gun does not automatically make anybody morally bankrupt, perhaps you want to reserve judgment until you know what they actually do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe
vidarh 13y ago
It may not be something to be proud of (I, for one, would be inclined to believe that it is quite likely at least some of what he might have participated in in the IDF would account to terrorism in my eyes), but that doesn't mean it isn't interesting to read about. EDIT: Though it is worth pointing out that Sayeret Matkal has carried out a number of well known anti-terrorism operations that few people would presumably object much to (taking out hijackers, most famously in the Air France plane at Entebbe).
arcadeparade 13y ago
Ironic when the other man on peoples minds this week ended a different apartheid.
DoctorZeus 13y ago
Most of us on here have probably had, at some point in our lives, the fantasy to attain a batman-esque power while behaving heroically against some clearly defined evil. And most us hopefully have gotten over it. The most difficult problems in this world can't be solved with weapons or MMA. Still, the title speaks to the child in me who read superhero comics and imagined the good guys are definitely good guys and the bad guys are definitely bad guys, and killing them makes everything better.
rayiner 13y ago
There is a lot to be proud of fighting Islamic terrorism and defending one's homeland. The world isn't one homogenous soup of moral equivalence.

cookrn 13y ago

I think what the author might have meant regarding your quote above was that the unit Danny was a member of in the IDF was often responsible for diffusing/stopping/ending situations such as "assassinations and kidnappings"

cdash 13y ago
I am pretty sure not considering he was in this unit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayeret_Matkal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayeret_Matkal Which has listed in its known operations both assassinations and kidnappings.
- recuter 13y ago
  You mean like Seal Team Six, the British SAS this particular unit is modeled on, and all special forces (military and police) from all the developed countries ever? A uniform and a gun does not automatically make anybody morally bankrupt, perhaps you want to reserve judgment until you know what they actually do: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe

vidarh 13y ago

It may not be something to be proud of (I, for one, would be inclined to believe that it is quite likely at least some of what he might have participated in in the IDF would account to terrorism in my eyes), but that doesn't mean it isn't interesting to read about. EDIT: Though it is worth pointing out that Sayeret Matkal has carried out a number of well known anti-terrorism operations that few people would presumably object much to (taking out hijackers, most famously in the Air France plane at Entebbe).

arcadeparade 13y ago

Ironic when the other man on peoples minds this week ended a different apartheid.

DoctorZeus 13y ago

Most of us on here have probably had, at some point in our lives, the fantasy to attain a batman-esque power while behaving heroically against some clearly defined evil. And most us hopefully have gotten over it. The most difficult problems in this world can't be solved with weapons or MMA. Still, the title speaks to the child in me who read superhero comics and imagined the good guys are definitely good guys and the bad guys are definitely bad guys, and killing them makes everything better.

rayiner 13y ago

There is a lot to be proud of fighting Islamic terrorism and defending one's homeland. The world isn't one homogenous soup of moral equivalence.