Middle East Thoughts

Posted on June 17, 2007
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Been thinking about the civil war between the PLO and Hamas last week:

- The PLO has a remarkable track record of military defeat, kind of makes one wonder why they keep trying.

- Looters stole Arafats (undeserved) Nobel Peace Prize. Somehow that is just tragically symbolic considering that the inability of civil society to develop there has resulted in the continual looting of peace for 40 years (the Six Day War, and if you are interested in that event I would highly recomend you read Oren’s book on it).

- From the Extreme Hutzpah Department comes news that the PLO wants Israel to help them defeat Hamas. Yeah, I’m sure Iran would respond positively to that development…

- Lastly, Middle East watchers have been commenting about a two state solution for the Palestinians, looks like they finally got it, one state in the West Bank and the other in Gaza. As is often said, one needs to be careful for what they wish for as they just might get it.

Yes, I realize that this is way off my usual topics but it’s Sunday night, I’m bored, and I don’t have another blog to post this stuff to.

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