Sharon was responding to the Saudi Plan and the "Road Map".
Even as wrong as Sharon was, which recent events have just begun to prove, his plan was contingent on a Bush promise to recognize certain Israeli positions including vis a vis the "West Bank". Promises now disavowed by the Administration.
If you don't believe Hamas to the East and West and Hazballah to the North, is an existential threat to Israel- especially when Islamics make inroads in Jordan and Egypt- wait and see.
"Sharon was responding to the Saudi Plan and the "Road Map".
Sharon was responding to the Israeli Left and the escalation of terror.
"Even as wrong as Sharon was, which recent events have just begun to prove, his plan was contingent on a Bush promise to recognize certain Israeli positions including vis a vis the "West Bank". Promises now disavowed by the Administration."
No. PM Sharon made his plan known in his speech at the Herziliyah Conference in 12/03 to a suprised audience way before Pres Bush made any promises in 4/04, promises I still believe are in place by the way.
http://www.ipcri.org/files/sharonherzliyeh2003.html (Sharon Disengagement)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/BushSharon0404.html (Bush major settlements)
"If you don't believe Hamas to the East and West and Hazballah to the North, is an existential threat to Israel- especially when Islamics make inroads in Jordan and Egypt- wait and see."
Do you believe Hamas and Hezbollah pose the same threat to Israel as a nuclear Iran?