Regardless is easy to say and harder to implement.
If Israel doesn't see itself as an occupier, Israel will continue to act like a non-occupier.
Begin didn't flinch in front of Reagan, Netanyahu didn't flinch in front of Clinton, and Sharon isn't flinching in front of Bush.
Isn't discussing foreign policy fun.
Well you said regardless... Israel isn't taking it as regardless. That debate is as old as 1967.It could also be said that if the Palis see themselves as having nothing to lose, they will continue to act that way. The point is to get both to act sensibly.Regardless is easy to say and harder to implement.
If Israel doesn't see itself as an occupier, Israel will continue to act like a non-occupier.
Begin didn't flinch in front of Reagan, Netanyahu didn't flinch in front of Clinton, and Sharon isn't flinching in front of Bush.That's because Netanyahu wasn't female. >:)~
Seriously, I've seen histories that suggest Begin did flinch when Reagan blasted his actions in Lebanon. As he should have, events proved Reagan to be right. It was Sharon who acted without Begin's knowledge, bringing down the government of a man much greater than him. Begin's son says he hated Sharon until the day he died.
Isn't discussing foreign policy fun.It's good mental exercise...it makes one address issues from different perspectives.
-Eric