Munich, Germany, 1972

Munich, 1972. This was the year that Islamic terrorism was brought front and center to the world's attention. Then, it faded away from Western world for a time. During the '80s and '90s Islamic terrorist activity was strictly a Middle Eastern problem. Now it is not Israel who is the sole target of Islamic hatred. We in the West share their wounds and their frustrations.
Steven Spielberg's film, Munich, tells the story of Israel's handling of the the Munich massacre. Their secret service, Mossad, was activated employing a super secret band of agents who risked their lives to extract revenge from the PLO. Spielberg is careful to point out the ramifications of their retaliation: whenever one of the PLO planners was killed, the PLO found a way to strike back. It was a perpetual slaughter machine.
The point was made that after each PLO henchman was killed, six more would be standing in line to take his place. The Mossad director, Ephraim, noted that since his fingernails continually grow he continually cuts them off.

Avner-This is a dream. You can't take back a country you never had.
PLO-A-You sound like a Jew.
Avner- F*** you. I'm the voice inside your head telling you what you already know. You people have nothing to bargain with. You'll never get the land back. You'll all die old men in refugee camps waiting for Palestine.
PLO-A- We have a lot of children. They'll have children. So can wait forever. And if we need to, we can make the whole planet unsafe for Jews.
Avner- You kill Jews and the world feels bad for them and thinks you are animals.

So we are here, in the twenty-first century with a hungry and neglected Islamic population, who wants to kills Jews, who wants to kill Christians: a population that has grow unchecked for too long. This film ignores 99% of the reasons why the Islamic terrorists are doing what they are doing and planning to do. One might draw the conclusion that it is unnecessary to do so for their arguments are so patently weak and/or irrational. OK. I do. Spielberg is trying to show the human side of all the parties involved. That is fine. The Muslims are God's creation to. He sent his Son to atone for their sin as well as our own. Spielberg does propose the question of dealing with these people. Is the bullet and knife the only reason that they understand? I wonder.