Well Said: Gordon Brown-The Lesson I Learned At Auschwitz

There are a lot of Jews who could learn something from these heartfelt words.

"Even when walking in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, the Jewish people were determined to remain a light unto the nations. People in Auschwitz continued to pray, to observe the festivals and to perform mitzvot. People shared what bread they had - endlessly dividing nothing as far as nothing could possibly go. ..

...we must serve the memory of those who did not survive by teaching our children that they were born endowed with free will. It is that ability to choose that contains within it not only the potential for atrocity but also our capacity to live justly. That is what differentiates humankind from all other creatures and that is what the Nazis tried to destroy. So for me, the true lesson of Auschwitz is a simple and profoundly Jewish one: we honour the dead by celebrating life; and we defeat hate by choosing hope."

The lesson of the Holocaust is not tolerance. It is that Jews need their state and lots of guns. Big guns, the toughest army in the Middle East, nuclear weapons, a kick-ass air force and amazing intelligence services. The Jewish way is to celebrate life always.