Gaza

This new war is a last-minute run by Israel to shred even little hope the Palestinian people hadk, and to render its governments hopelessly weakened, as well as to "welcome" the new American administration with a few dead albatrosses to hang around their neck. Bush won't even try to interfere and will cover Israel's actions. Hitler's hate still burns bright.

The only real hope to save Israel from its path of destruction won't happen soon. That would require America to cut off its financial and military aid. Not with a stroke, but as part of a plan to help Israel slowly reintroduce itself to its neighbors. This could be done with careful negotiations by all nations interested in peace, and perhaps under direction and assistance from the UN.

What the Obama administration CAN begin doing is the last part mentioned above - to assistance and encourage Israel to begin to live as a part of the world. But nothing will ever help ANY nation that gets more than it loses from fighting wars. If the gain from war is great, and your enemies suffer horribly , AND the price is paid by someone else, then war can be a truly glorious thing.

And let's be very plain. No one is more guilty here than the Bush administration. They taunted Arafat and glorified Sharon back in their beginning. These actions perhaps forged the attacks of 9/11 as an attempt to get the world's attention and also led to the election of Hamas. The Bush people also presented the Palestiniens with the fait-acompli that nothing could be done to achieve "peace" unless the Palestinians agreed to let Israel continue their long-term invasions of Palestine, with one Jewish settlement after another.

© John Womack, 2009. All rights reserved.