There is a big difference between a government that is trying to deal with its violent element and one that is casting a blind eye (or even helping them under the table). In a way, the Palestinian election clarified something: Hamas won by a huge landslide, so the argument that a few corrupt terrorists held sway over a people who wanted peace no longer holds water. Maybe that was true, but it doesn't seem to be now.
There are no easy answers, and I dread what's coming, but I can't completely blame Israel for striking out at those who attack them, whether government or non-government. In both cases the governments have declined, over a period of years, to do anything about the problem themselves. Sadly, a lot of civilians on both sides will pay the price for that.
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Date: 2006-07-14 03:18 am (UTC)There is a big difference between a government that is trying to deal with its violent element and one that is casting a blind eye (or even helping them under the table). In a way, the Palestinian election clarified something: Hamas won by a huge landslide, so the argument that a few corrupt terrorists held sway over a people who wanted peace no longer holds water. Maybe that was true, but it doesn't seem to be now.
There are no easy answers, and I dread what's coming, but I can't completely blame Israel for striking out at those who attack them, whether government or non-government. In both cases the governments have declined, over a period of years, to do anything about the problem themselves. Sadly, a lot of civilians on both sides will pay the price for that.