Now Syria is being blamed for the terrorism in the middle east....that used to be Arafat's role. But instead of merely looking for a new whipping boy....like Syria, which probably has no control of what's going on.....
Why not try something different for once....
Palestine, or the West Bank and Gaza, should be policed by an international police force...consisting mostly of American and NATO forces but with as much Arab help as possible.
The idea that Abbas is going to be able to "stop" terror is just nuts....
Abbas has no power over these terror organizations and everyone knows it.
Indeed the terror groups merely tolerate the Palestinian Authority for appearances sake. The PA was destroyed by Israel during the recent uprising....there is no policing authority left in the PA.
Hamas rules on the West Bank and in Gaza far more than the Palestinian Authority...... And Hamas rules by default now.
CLEARLY, A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC IS NEEDED..... BUT WILL ISRAEL ALLOW IT?
If Israel is seriously seeking PEACE AND SECURITY....
And not the annexation of the West Bank, Sharon should agree to let the Americans and NATO police the crossing points into Israel from the West Bank. This would open up a new era in the Israel/Palestine War...and give the Palestinians the international observers they have been asking for.
CLEARLY, SHARON HAS BOTCHED THE WEST BANK AND GAZA......
And his motives for doing so are highly suspect..... After all, the Settlers Movement wants to control the West Bank one way or another..... And the settlers know this can't be done, without a major disagreement with the world community as to the rights of resident Palestinians...
But, the Palestine issue is NOT JUST Israel's problem now.....the entire world is involved with Muslim Terrorism and discontent.
IT'S TIME FOR AN INTERNATIONAL POLICING FORCE TO BE SENT TO GAZA AND THE WEST BANK......TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, WITHOUT THE "HELP" OF SHARON OR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL....
Israel is just too involved with the outcome on the West Bank to be unbias and fair to the Palestinian people at this point.
Otherwise?
....it's just the same old same old.....and everyone knows it.
Can we afford Sharon's and the Likud's "solution" to the West Bank unrest?
I don't think so......
