To: yonif
I dunno. This is the first time in awhile Egypt has offered to take any responsibility for security in the Gaza strip. If they're on the up and up, this will make it a lot tougher to sneak weapons into Gaza. They conducted themselves well during the Sinai withdrawl, and have behaved reasonably well since.
If one is opposed to any Israeli withdrawl from Gaza for religious/nationalistic reasons, as many here are, one will certainly oppose this deal. But there's no objective reason to believe it won't work.
-Eric
5 posted on
05/31/2004 4:24:31 PM PDT by
E Rocc
(It takes a village to raise a child. The village is Washington. You are the child. - PJ O'Rourke)
To: E Rocc
But there's no objective reason to believe it won't work. Of course there is, it's with the Palestinian "leadership" which has a long history of breaking it's commitments. Just going by the history, chances are they'll break this one too.
7 posted on
05/31/2004 5:04:27 PM PDT by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: E Rocc
Egypt was already supposed to take responsibility for the border with Gaza when it signed that "peace" treaty. It has not, instead using its power to harbor terrorists and their smuggling operations. Gaza as it is now is 98% landwise in the hands of the Arabs. Giving them an extra 2% will do nothing, but spur more terror operations.
8 posted on
05/31/2004 7:58:31 PM PDT by
yonif
("So perish all Thine enemies, O the Lord" - Judges 5:31)
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