History in the Making

How exciting to see history in the making in Israel! How often does a relatively peaceful pull-out happen decades after a war? Perhaps a parallel would be the reunification of Germany in the 1990s. Entire worlds are changing here, both physical and, hopefully, mental.

I've never supported the far left in their "Israel is a terrorist state" bullshit. Especially as it seems to amount to the idea that Israel has no right to defend themselves when attacked. Also, I've tended to side with Israel because I just can't see how Palestine will found an actual state on a widespread acceptance of suicide bombing and rabid anti-Semitism. But, I also see this pullout as just good sense. The occupation was never meant to last this long, and it's kept Israel and Palestine in this no-win situation of ever-increasing violence. The oneupsmanship could likely have only ended when Israel decided to use its nukes, a very-real possibility that critics of US involvement in the region tend to forget.

People will call this "surrender", but it's really just good strategy. Now Israel will have greater support when they demand that the Palestinians change their culture. As the occupation ends in the West Bank and Jerusalem, those in Palestine, and let's be honest in our own country, who won't be happy until the middle east is Juden Frei will, theoretically, be the ones who are isolated from the world community. Now the onus is totally on Palestine to root the rabid anti-Semitism out of their own society. Nobody with any sense has ever thought that the occupation was above reproach. But, groups like Hamas have warped an entire culture, and now it's time to rebuild that culture without those groups.

Honestly, I just can't comprehend why people would let their kids blow themselves up, or conversely be blown up, to please some ancient book anyway. Nobody has ever explained to me why God would have "chosen" this barren wasteland in the first place. Shouldn't Hawaii be the holy land? As pathological as I think the Palestinian acceptance of suicide bombing is (and can you imagine how parents would freak out if American teens started blowing themselves up? We'd have 1,000 organizations all called things like "PABYU" Parents Against Blowing Yourself Up! But, you never see that there!), I'm not greatly sympathetic to people who say: "We need to raise our children in the most dangerous place we can possibly find to kiss up to God." Does God really want His children to be that stupid?

Anyway, I think it will be good news. Now, the peace process can begin again with the onus on Palestine, and that, if anything, is unexpectedly hopeful.