Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Defeating Hamas by example
Jeffrey Goldberg has written a depressing piece in the Geriatric Lady, explaining why Israel can neither settle with nor eradicate Hamas on the battlefield. The doves are wrong; Hamas cannot negotiate peace with Israel, and will not. The hawks are also wrong; Hamas can be degraded and temporarily deterred, but as long as Iran keeps it going there is no way to prevet it from coming back. Goldberg argues that the only hope, if it is hope, is to help Fatah turn the West Bank into a much better place, discrediting Hamas by example. Before you snort your coffee out your nose, read it all.
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Wed Jan 14, 12:03:00 PM:
Of course, another, unmentioned, hope is to deter Iran and fight back the Islamist tide.
