LAND FOR PEACE
In the history of the world, when has sacrificing land and treasure for peace ever worked? I'm sure the Gaul chieftain who suggested that giving Caesar just a little more territory might keep him from conquering all of Gaul was as blinded as Neville Chamberlain was when he sacrificed the poor Czechs on the altar of peace to the Nazis. "Peace in Our Time" is it? Again? Do we honestly learn nothing from history? Is it really that hard to understand that making people give up what they have worked and slaved years for, especially by force, is not only morally wrong, but historically retarded?
Are Sharon and the World deafened from the screams of "Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem!" and similar screeds from Hamas and other terror organizations? He cannot honestly believe that they will just turn away now that he is forcing his own people to move out of their homes and communities, places they spent a lifetime of blood, sweat and tears, building. I fail to see the logic in this. Oh, I suppose there is the argument that walling themselves up in Israel and cutting off Gaza and the West Bank might help save lives and make defense easier, but the Israeli government is deluding itself if it thinks this will stop one terrorist.
The die is cast and the settlers are being forcibly removed, a policy which in history has never had a happy ending for the people being moved (Cherokees anyone?). Let me put on my fortune teller hat for this next thought. From here, you will see rejoicing from Palestinians, until they realize they cannot maintain all the thriving businesses and economy the Israeli settlers were trying so hard to maintain. Then, the radical elements who will have used the newly opened Gaza to entrench themselves will blame...the Israelis! They will spout the usual 'Zionism is the Enemy' line and openly advocate homicide bombings and demands for more territory and the usual suspects will trot out to say what a good idea that is and bad Israel should stop oppressing the poor Palestinians. Wait, I have to take off the fortune teller hat. Even I can only take so much bs in one paragraph.
Rather than rehash old arguments or try to start from scratch, I will just say this. If you are genuinely interested in the Israel/PA conflict, go to Middle East Facts and start reading, regardless of the side you support. If that still doesn't convince you just how asinine this whole land for peace deal is, then read the book 'Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict' by Mitchell Bard. If that doesn't make it clear which side is being wronged, then nothing I can say will change your mind. Read those and please help educate others as to how bone-headed such ideas as giving up land to appease an enemy hell-bent on your destruction really are.
In the history of the world, when has sacrificing land and treasure for peace ever worked? I'm sure the Gaul chieftain who suggested that giving Caesar just a little more territory might keep him from conquering all of Gaul was as blinded as Neville Chamberlain was when he sacrificed the poor Czechs on the altar of peace to the Nazis. "Peace in Our Time" is it? Again? Do we honestly learn nothing from history? Is it really that hard to understand that making people give up what they have worked and slaved years for, especially by force, is not only morally wrong, but historically retarded?
Are Sharon and the World deafened from the screams of "Today Gaza, tomorrow Jerusalem!" and similar screeds from Hamas and other terror organizations? He cannot honestly believe that they will just turn away now that he is forcing his own people to move out of their homes and communities, places they spent a lifetime of blood, sweat and tears, building. I fail to see the logic in this. Oh, I suppose there is the argument that walling themselves up in Israel and cutting off Gaza and the West Bank might help save lives and make defense easier, but the Israeli government is deluding itself if it thinks this will stop one terrorist.
The die is cast and the settlers are being forcibly removed, a policy which in history has never had a happy ending for the people being moved (Cherokees anyone?). Let me put on my fortune teller hat for this next thought. From here, you will see rejoicing from Palestinians, until they realize they cannot maintain all the thriving businesses and economy the Israeli settlers were trying so hard to maintain. Then, the radical elements who will have used the newly opened Gaza to entrench themselves will blame...the Israelis! They will spout the usual 'Zionism is the Enemy' line and openly advocate homicide bombings and demands for more territory and the usual suspects will trot out to say what a good idea that is and bad Israel should stop oppressing the poor Palestinians. Wait, I have to take off the fortune teller hat. Even I can only take so much bs in one paragraph.
Rather than rehash old arguments or try to start from scratch, I will just say this. If you are genuinely interested in the Israel/PA conflict, go to Middle East Facts and start reading, regardless of the side you support. If that still doesn't convince you just how asinine this whole land for peace deal is, then read the book 'Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict' by Mitchell Bard. If that doesn't make it clear which side is being wronged, then nothing I can say will change your mind. Read those and please help educate others as to how bone-headed such ideas as giving up land to appease an enemy hell-bent on your destruction really are.
posted by Rob Beck | 7:32 AM
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