Today it finally sank in why no government has ever been able to formulate a sound reasonable and logical Middle Eastern Policy, particularly in regard to Israel and the PLO. Logic and reason do not apply.

Here's the broad strokes of what lead me to this conclusion.

First Israel pulled out of Gaza. In fact the Israeli military forcibly removed Israeli settlers from Gaza.

Then Hamas, after blowing themselves and a bunch of their supporters to Allah with a truck load of explosives in a parade, fired about 40 of their homemade rockets into Israel. (Maybe they just wanted to use them before they killed themselves with them.)

Israel was justifiably pissed off. This was not the PLO launching attacks in disputed territory. This was the PLO launching an attack on Israel. So they did what any sovereign nation does when they are attacked. They fought back.

The response from the PLO was to say that the Israeli attack could jeopardize the cease fire between Israel and the PLO.

Here's where the logic breaks down. I just don't seem to grasp what the PLO means by the terms “cease” and “fire.” Maybe in the PLO dictionary cease means only do it on odd numbered days? Maybe fire means shooting and actually hitting something?

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 06:34 AM | No Comments | Add Comment