Today, Tom Friedman, of all people, puts another brick in that wall...
Friedman observes that Sharon was "brutal on the Arabs," and was an ill-advised settlement builder, and had an otherwise botched political career...up until recently.
And recently?
Well, the Gaza pull out--and the recognition that "seperation," and perhaps--a two state solution was an inevitable outcome... And dumping the Likudnics...
Now, it is customary to note that Israel does not have a "partner for peace"...
True... But Hamas has been a wonderful "partner for war."
And war was what Sharon and the Likud were good at most of the time.
So, is it just possible that Hamas will change it's stripes, in the fullness of time...GIVEN:
(1) A REAL opportunity for a two state solution.
(2) REAL control of the West Bank.
(3) And the end of more settlements on the West Bank....?
Well, time will tell...
But, with Sharon and his radical Likud marginalized...there is, finally, a real chance that the FANATIC warriors of Hamas will also be marginalized on the Palestinian side.
Perhaps even made obsolete...once the West Bank occupation ends?
And with New Hopes among Palestinians that the "butcher" and settlement builder is no longer in power, and coming after their West Bank lands...?
And maybe, with the elusive two state solution, desperately supported by most of the world, REALLY coming...?
Well, just maybe, another "Miracle" could happen in the Holy Land in 2006....
Just perhaps.
