Remember What Happened Here: Gaza is freed, yet Gaza wages war...

Time Magazine ^ | July 10, 2006 | Charles krauthammer

[edpc]

I was shocked to see this was from Time. Then, I noticed Krauthammer wrote it and I was not suprised at all.

[edpc]

Every once in awhile, the MSM rags print something out of the norm to seem 'balanced.' It won't take long for them to revert back into their liberal morass.

[familyop]

Alright, I have more respect for Krauthammer now. But the "origin" is a little over 2,000 years ago. And although the baton was handed to the Muslims a time or two, the effort against Israel was not interrupted.

[familyop]

And Israel will not "die," as Krauthammer assumes is a possibility in hypothesis. President Bush said that we will defend Israel. If Israel is physically overrun at any time, WWIII will follow one way or another to recover it.

[TigersEye]

The so-called cycle will continue until the arrow is abandoned and the Palestinians accept a compromise--or until the arrow finds its mark and Israel dies.

Or until the world gets tired of terrorist fanatics and sets its mind to kill them all.

[Rembrandt]

I sometimes struggle over who is better, Krauthammer, Steyn or AC; all I have to do is read another Krauthammer work and I vote for him although it's close with Mark and Annie.

[edpc]

I love to watch Charles on Brit Hume's panel. He's so confident and quiet when making his point. Juan and Mara don't even realize they're cut until they're bleeding.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"Cycles are circular. They have no end. They have no beginning."

Barbara Streisand!

This has a beginning waaaaaay back from Hagar the whoreable!

The solidification of this animosity came with muuuuhamhead (Pigs be inseminating him) declaring open season on their half brothers!

Untill the koranus is totally wiped from the toilet papers of history, this shiite will continue!

[ccmay]

The so-called cycle will continue until the arrow is abandoned and the Palestinians accept a compromise--or until the arrow finds its mark and Israel dies.

There is a third option.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Time prints articles like these once in a blue moon to claim they are balanced.

I'm sure this article was surrounded by half a dozen multi page articles about the suffering of the palestinians caused by the evil Israel and "humanitarian crisis" claimed over and over again.

[Honestfreedom]

Krauthammer fails to mention that he supported the withdrawal from Gaza. He should admit that he was wrong.

[D-fendr]

I didn't know he supported withdrawal.

Well, if he's trying to make amends, this article is a good one.

[edpc]

I was against the withdrawl at the time. Now, I wonder if the Israelis didn't make a good strategic move by doing that. After all, they made the concession of giving the area to the Palestinians.

All it's managed to get them is exactly what he's laid out in the article. The Palestinians, by their own actions, have clearly demonstrated land does not bring peace. We all knew it was a useless endeavor, but it shows a serious effort was made to have peace. Now, the Israelis do not have to worry about their citizens being in harm's way when they have to engage in military operations in the area.

[hershey]

Me, too.

[veronica]

Is anyone rational surprised by this development? It can't be that "sophisticated" world players like GWB and Condi Rice expected any different. I certainly didn't. Now what, Condi??

[vharlow]

I suspect he supported the withdrawal for the same reason Sharon did it. I suspect that by so doing, they could demonstrate to the entire world just who the bad guys really are, and that they aren't the aggressors.

I think it needed to be proven to lots of idiots who just go with whatever propaganda they see and hear. The proof is now evident. Clear. Unarguable.

[EBH]

Short, sweet, clear, and concise.

[Honestfreedom]

Unfortunately using that logic they have to keep doing it. They made huge concessions to get the Oslo accords. They offered more than what could be expected to get an accord with Arafat. Two years from now you will be saying the same thing when they make new huge concessions. If it works the first time Gaza would not have been necessary they would still be living on the credit from Oslo or Camp David.