The Wrong War, The Wrong Peace

Submitted by Alan Sullivan (United States), Jun 18, 2003 at 10:15

What's so innovative about the two-state plan? This has been the fondest dream of leftist and pro-Palestinian factions for decades? It will not produce peace, but an even more entrenched and intransigent enmity. Every Jew-hater in the Middle East will regard it as a great stride toward the final solution.

The only sensible plan I've seen is the Elon plan. There's a REALLY radical break. Bush should be fighting Islamism in places Israel cannot easily reach, like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. He should leave the Israelis to deal with Palestine.

The two-state chimera will certainly influence the Bush presidency. It may even end it, next year, if things go as badly as I fear.

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