[Bill,
June 18, 2007]
Palestinian Cluster****
Thought: Does it seem that whoever we support in the Palestinian situation loses? We support Fatah, so Hamas wins a war in Gaza. All those arms we gave Fatah now belong to Hamas.
I'm beginning to think the answer is to disengage. It seems that we can't do anything right, and everything we try backfires and blows up in our faces. Not only that, but it seems that other "superpowers" in their day have had the same experience: Turks, Brits, the French, Byzantines, the Romans, Greeks and Persians. Didn't the Turks have a saying, "Do not intervene in Arab affairs?"
Exactly what is our national interest in Gaza and the West Bank, again? Not Israel's interest. The United States -- what's at stake for us? What are we trying to accomplish?
I dunno.
I'm beginning to think the answer is to disengage. It seems that we can't do anything right, and everything we try backfires and blows up in our faces. Not only that, but it seems that other "superpowers" in their day have had the same experience: Turks, Brits, the French, Byzantines, the Romans, Greeks and Persians. Didn't the Turks have a saying, "Do not intervene in Arab affairs?"
Exactly what is our national interest in Gaza and the West Bank, again? Not Israel's interest. The United States -- what's at stake for us? What are we trying to accomplish?
I dunno.