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October 27, 2004
Practical Zionism
A moment of clarity is upon us. Israel, The Battered Child Nation, has come to the realization that it has captured too much territory and made itself impure. Too many Palestinians.
Boy was I wrong. I had this notion that Israel was to be a multicultural pluralistic democracy, but that it was simply too besieged to think straight. And so I had the unmitigated gall to suggest that a one-nation solution would calm things down over in 'Judea' and 'Samaria'. People said I was nuts, but I was persistent. Persistent and wrong.
Sharon's abandonment of Gaza is perfectly clear now. There's no way to have a Jewish state if you include all them damned foreigners. So the settlers will be resettled closer to home base and behind the wall. As Jerusalem is the famous walled city, Israel will become the walled nation.
Serves it right.
Posted by mbowen at October 27, 2004 08:20 AM
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The only problem with Israel being a multicultural oasis is that the other race in the situation, the Palestinians, are for the most part hardliners who tend to practice religion on the violent side of the railroad tracks. It's impossible to mesh a civilized society with an uncivilized one (i.e., a society which oppresses women and takes to religious extremism). I have mixed feelings about the Gaza pullout, on one hand, no one wants to reward the terrorists, on the other hand, it would just be easier to give up a few settlers' stations and calm some nerves on both sides. Maybe the Gaza pullout will appease some of the terrorists. Who knows? It could be a good thing.
Posted by: DeoDuce at October 27, 2004 02:19 PM