The Israelis are about to find themselves in a multi-front war and their ground-pounders are NOT ready. Fatah will NOT maintain its grip on the West Bank. In politics, the most consistent side always wins. Fatah is not consistent, is fragmented, is corrupt and is poorly led. Hamas WILL win in its struggle with Fatah, no matter how much money and/or 'backing' the Israelis and the West lavish upon Mahmoud Abbas. Egypt and Jordan are both teetering on the edge of the Islamist abyss.
//weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/502/el2.htm
//weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/850/re2.htm
The Bush Administration is now laboring under the illusion that this situation can be salvaged. It cannot--at least not with the leadership of the Bush Administration and I seriously doubt that anyone will attempt to do the one thing that can be done to save this situation. You cannot fix a problem unless you recognize its cause and are also willing to address that cause. In this case, we are dealing with religious fanaticism. If the people reject it on their own, well and good. If they embrace it, there is but one solution and it is not a good one.
In fairness to George Bush, our sitting President, he does not deserve the whole of the blame. Much of it must be laid at the feet of Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. Curiously, Jimmy Carter is as deeply religious as George Bush, even though that is seldom mentioned nowadays.
NoharnessJun 26th, 2007 - 09:21:46
The Israelis are about to find themselves in a multi-front war and their ground-pounders are NOT ready. Fatah will NOT maintain its grip on the West Bank. In politics, the most consistent side always wins. Fatah is not consistent, is fragmented, is corrupt and is poorly led. Hamas WILL win in its struggle with Fatah, no matter how much money and/or 'backing' the Israelis and the West lavish upon Mahmoud Abbas. Egypt and Jordan are both teetering on the edge of the Islamist abyss.
//weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/502/el2.htm
//weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/850/re2.htm
The Bush Administration is now laboring under the illusion that this situation can be salvaged. It cannot--at least not with the leadership of the Bush Administration and I seriously doubt that anyone will attempt to do the one thing that can be done to save this situation. You cannot fix a problem unless you recognize its cause and are also willing to address that cause. In this case, we are dealing with religious fanaticism. If the people reject it on their own, well and good. If they embrace it, there is but one solution and it is not a good one.
In fairness to George Bush, our sitting President, he does not deserve the whole of the blame. Much of it must be laid at the feet of Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. Curiously, Jimmy Carter is as deeply religious as George Bush, even though that is seldom mentioned nowadays.
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_nixon
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_carter
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
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