Seriously Bro...
This whole thing was a bad idea... What the hell was going through Ariel Sharon's mind?
It's not enough that there are about 200 uncivilized, Islamic fundamentalist regimes surrounding you that are full of poverty, violence and inhumane living conditions. It was a good idea to create one within your direct vicinity?
When will people learn from the past?
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Gaza chaos creating Palestinian political crisis
Prime Minister under fire over failure of security forces to control disorder
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced a brewing political crisis on Thursday as he scrambled to quell chaos in Gaza following Israel's withdrawal from the territory.
Lawmakers submitted a request for a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie and his Cabinet, all Abbas appointees, in protest at the failure of security forces to control lawlessness after 38 years of Israeli occupation.
Abbas can ill afford further political instability as he struggles to impose order in the Gaza Strip, which is seen as a proving ground for Palestinian aspirations of statehood.
Abbas has warned militants that armed chaos would not be tolerated but has not specified how he plans to combat it. Israel and Washington demand he disarm militant groups that he has coaxed into an eight-month-old cease-fire.
Thousands of Islamic Jihad militants marched in the former central Gaza settlement of Netzarim on Thursday, firing assault rifles into the air, in the biggest show of force by gunmen defying Abbas since settlers departed last month.
Palestinian security forces stood virtually powerless while gunmen and ordinary Gazans stormed the evacuated enclaves, smashing synagogues and looting.
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My only thought is that Sharon took a big step to make a (hopefully) final and big point. Maybe his idea is that since this is supposed to be the proving ground for the creation of a Palestinian state, this is a way of ensuring it will never happen. I mean, even the retarded kid in my Synagoge that drools during the prayer services knows that allowing the Palestinians to have authority over Gaza means that in a week it will be a craphole that looks like a third-world country after it has been through a natural disaster.
Here's an idea... and really try this, because you will be amazed at how right I am - In about 2 weeks look for before and after pictures from Gaza. I promise when you look at the before, you will see nice settlements and villages with houses and stores and other buildings. When you look at the after, I guarantee you see shacks, and burned down buildings and animals roaming in the streets and crapping on the sidewalks (which will be paved only because the Palestinians probably couldn't figure out how to light pavement on fire).
Now, if I was suddenly given access to a land that I had been coveting for the last 38 years, and someone much smarter and more capable than I had built this land up beautifully and perhaps even managed to have the land produce as well, I'd probably sit down with a few smart people and discuss how to go about maintaining the great condition our land is in. We'd make all kinds of committees to allow for a continuation of production from the land, and to provide new uses for obsolete and irrelevant structures.
However, the Palestinians' approach - "Let's go burn all the Jewish stuff and then throw rocks at the huge tanks over there on the hill. Hooray!" Brilliant. This is why the borders in Israel all smell like piss.
It's not enough that there are about 200 uncivilized, Islamic fundamentalist regimes surrounding you that are full of poverty, violence and inhumane living conditions. It was a good idea to create one within your direct vicinity?
When will people learn from the past?
<<
Gaza chaos creating Palestinian political crisis
Prime Minister under fire over failure of security forces to control disorder
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced a brewing political crisis on Thursday as he scrambled to quell chaos in Gaza following Israel's withdrawal from the territory.
Lawmakers submitted a request for a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie and his Cabinet, all Abbas appointees, in protest at the failure of security forces to control lawlessness after 38 years of Israeli occupation.
Abbas can ill afford further political instability as he struggles to impose order in the Gaza Strip, which is seen as a proving ground for Palestinian aspirations of statehood.
Abbas has warned militants that armed chaos would not be tolerated but has not specified how he plans to combat it. Israel and Washington demand he disarm militant groups that he has coaxed into an eight-month-old cease-fire.
Thousands of Islamic Jihad militants marched in the former central Gaza settlement of Netzarim on Thursday, firing assault rifles into the air, in the biggest show of force by gunmen defying Abbas since settlers departed last month.
Palestinian security forces stood virtually powerless while gunmen and ordinary Gazans stormed the evacuated enclaves, smashing synagogues and looting.
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My only thought is that Sharon took a big step to make a (hopefully) final and big point. Maybe his idea is that since this is supposed to be the proving ground for the creation of a Palestinian state, this is a way of ensuring it will never happen. I mean, even the retarded kid in my Synagoge that drools during the prayer services knows that allowing the Palestinians to have authority over Gaza means that in a week it will be a craphole that looks like a third-world country after it has been through a natural disaster.
Here's an idea... and really try this, because you will be amazed at how right I am - In about 2 weeks look for before and after pictures from Gaza. I promise when you look at the before, you will see nice settlements and villages with houses and stores and other buildings. When you look at the after, I guarantee you see shacks, and burned down buildings and animals roaming in the streets and crapping on the sidewalks (which will be paved only because the Palestinians probably couldn't figure out how to light pavement on fire).
Now, if I was suddenly given access to a land that I had been coveting for the last 38 years, and someone much smarter and more capable than I had built this land up beautifully and perhaps even managed to have the land produce as well, I'd probably sit down with a few smart people and discuss how to go about maintaining the great condition our land is in. We'd make all kinds of committees to allow for a continuation of production from the land, and to provide new uses for obsolete and irrelevant structures.
However, the Palestinians' approach - "Let's go burn all the Jewish stuff and then throw rocks at the huge tanks over there on the hill. Hooray!" Brilliant. This is why the borders in Israel all smell like piss.
posted by EDS | 12:44 PM
2 Comments:
I think you may be laying a little too much blame at Sharon's feet. The militants were there. Moving the Jews out of Gaza and into Israel didn't create any sort of militant regime, and didn't at any more danger not already there to Israel's security.
What it did to, which you touched on, is give Israel the opportunity to stand back and watch. "We gave you Gaza and you messed it up. We had nothing to do with it. You can't keep your own people in line, how the hell are we supposed to?" This was a brilliant move, imo. Let's say this settles down, Palestine becomes a state, and then there are terrorist attacks on Israel. Forget invasion and occupation. That's an act of war. Actual, declared, US-on-their-side, in the name of 9/11 and the Taliban, WAR! Israel could never get that kind of legitimacy before.
With regard to the synagogues in Gaza, which you commented on my post, I don't think it's as simple as you make it out. For instance, would it have been better for Israel to destroy them? Does it matter either way? Is a building that was once a shul, but has no aspect of shul-ness, no torah, seforim or even wall decorations left still have any holiness anyway? It's brick and stone. So what if the Gazans lit it on fire? What I think is worse (and funnier) is that they looted the greenhouses, which were by agreement specifically protected to provide a source of income for Gaza. Oh, well. I guess they like the poverty they live in.
I would have rather seen Israel take the buildings down... they still have a semblance of holiness. Why give the Pals an opportunity to desecrate and celebrate that desecration...
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