Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan collapsed into total surrender. Today Germany and Japan are hallmarks of progressive, liberal democracies - so there's that. The only option is for Palestinians to reject the theocratic genocidal maniacs in Hamas. Palestinian civilians will pay a terrible price for Hamas' action and I am genuinely horrifie…
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan collapsed into total surrender. Today Germany and Japan are hallmarks of progressive, liberal democracies - so there's that. The only option is for Palestinians to reject the theocratic genocidal maniacs in Hamas. Palestinian civilians will pay a terrible price for Hamas' action and I am genuinely horrified at what has and will continue to unfold in Gaza. Unlike other conflicts mentioned - there are two people in one territory here. Any absolutist rejection of the other is doomed to fail because neither people have anywhere to go. Combatants will either win outright or exhaust one another into a settlement. This can go the way of Sri Lanka and the destruction of the Tigers - or it can go like Northern Ireland and a cautious process toward peace. I hope its the latter, though after the events of last Saturday doubt it.
I would join with you in that advice to Palestinians, if I thought there was a 50/50 chance of the world pouring in massive development monies and step-by-step handholding with the process of building democratic institutions. The way we did with Japan and Germany.
No sign of that in Iraq or Afghanistan, just enabling corruption to hold 'em down another year, for 20 years. The notion of Israel doing it, then, is just bad comedy.
Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan collapsed into total surrender. Today Germany and Japan are hallmarks of progressive, liberal democracies - so there's that. The only option is for Palestinians to reject the theocratic genocidal maniacs in Hamas. Palestinian civilians will pay a terrible price for Hamas' action and I am genuinely horrified at what has and will continue to unfold in Gaza. Unlike other conflicts mentioned - there are two people in one territory here. Any absolutist rejection of the other is doomed to fail because neither people have anywhere to go. Combatants will either win outright or exhaust one another into a settlement. This can go the way of Sri Lanka and the destruction of the Tigers - or it can go like Northern Ireland and a cautious process toward peace. I hope its the latter, though after the events of last Saturday doubt it.
I would join with you in that advice to Palestinians, if I thought there was a 50/50 chance of the world pouring in massive development monies and step-by-step handholding with the process of building democratic institutions. The way we did with Japan and Germany.
No sign of that in Iraq or Afghanistan, just enabling corruption to hold 'em down another year, for 20 years. The notion of Israel doing it, then, is just bad comedy.