Nice. Thanks for putting it all together.
Thanks. I think it is crazy to try to create a country when there is literally no central leadership, no real justice system, no government with a monopoly on the use of force and where various parts are controlled by different independent armed militias. There are other reasons but these are some of the biggest. Imagine if Canada had a dozen or so various political factions each with their own arsenal of rockets and bombs and guns and firing into American cities, and the Canadian government didn’t do a thing to stop it or punish the perpetrators? Nobody would want that. We’d be justified to invade and occupy parts of Canada and pursue the criminal elements.
To become a country in the modern day sense, there are just some basic prerequisites. You have to have a government. That government has to have the interests of its people out front and while societal violence exists all over the world, that government must act to prevent violence, mete out justice to the violent, and of course not allow rogue groups to go attacking and extorting civilians to exert their will - let alone attacking the country next door if only because of what the repercussions will be on the national interests. No country can allow unelected militias to drag them into a war.
Sorry, I am starting to rant and veering off topic. I am glad to see Trump change the terms of the debate. The policies of the Democrats have been an unmitigated disaster for everyone - most especially the Palestinians themselves. W Bush took a less hands on approach, but under his watch Israel did leave Gaza. But that didn’t even relieve the pressure because, imo, the world continues to reward the Palestinian government for its incompetence, ineptitude, lethargy, corruption and lack of will.
The political elite thought by putting the PLO in Ramallah that it would stop terror in Europe and well, they don’t care if he attacks Israel so long as he doesn’t hijack their planes or machine gun their Olympics. How did that work out? Arafat got rich while scores of other sociopaths started their own terror groups to fill the void.