A Real Life Horror Story

Submitted by Richard B. (Canada), Jan 29, 2008 at 22:26

There's a real cheezy plot line that I think most people have heard in a low-budget horror film. A young, buxom female is alone in a house, usually on a dark and stormy night. All of a sudden, the phone rings. She picks up and hears heavy breathing. 'Just a pervert' she reassures herself and hangs up. Except that the calls keep coming. Sometimes words are spoken, other times more of the same heavy breathing. By this time the girl is freaking out and phones the police. A while later the police phones the terrified teen and tells her 'The call is coming from inside the house!'.

So it is with Gush Katif and Israel. The terror from within has now bitten off more than it can chew. The Egyptians aren't stupid and quite frankly, want nothing to do with this Frankenstein monster called Gaza. The Jordanians feel the exact same way about their Palestinian 'brethren' in Judea and Samaria.

So I disagree with Mr. Pipes' assessment about Gaza. What I will agree on is that this whole mess was entirely preventable. A policy of divestment started under Ariel Sharon and continued under Ehud Olmert has left Israel vulnerable. Only when the Jews trust God rather than Man will there be peace in Jerusalem.

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