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politically incorrect
Jun. 18th, 2002 11:09 amSo, yet again, terrorists have blown up a bus-load of innocent bystanders, and the Hamas warlords in Gaza are taking credit. Meanwhile, Palestinian spokesmen are protesting the building of a fence that might make this a little harder. (It's not that the fence compromises their proposed borders in any way.) And Bush wants to give the terrorists a state so they can legitimize their weapons stashes and continue the attacks.
Israel has to act against the terrorists itself because no one else will do so, but what can they do? One approach that would make a major dent, but that will never happen because it's politically inexpedient, goes as follows.
This is predicated on the notion that the priorities for preservation, in order, are: (1) innocent civilians (on both sides), (2) Israeli non-civilians, (3) Palestinian non-civilians, and (4) money and property. Given that, the following would be effective, ruthleess, and altogether just:
Surround Gaza, set up checkpoints, and continuously broadcast that people must gather their valuables and leave now. Known criminals and members of terrorist organizations are arrested at the checkpoints; everyone else can leave. Belongings that can't be inspected on the spot are stored for later claim. No weapons get out, obviously. Then, after you've allowed enough time for anyone who wants to leave to do so, obliterate what remains from the air until there is nothing left. Voila, no more Gaza weapon stashes and bomb factories, and anyone who died there declared himself to be a combattant by staying, so deserves no sympathy. Compensate those who left something reasonable for their homes and let them go anywhere but Israel. They can return to Gaza and rebuild if they like. Perhaps give them more money if they promise to leave the Middle East and never return.
Announce that if the attacks continue, the process will be repeated in the west bank, town by town until the attacks stop.
Israel has to act against the terrorists itself because no one else will do so, but what can they do? One approach that would make a major dent, but that will never happen because it's politically inexpedient, goes as follows.
This is predicated on the notion that the priorities for preservation, in order, are: (1) innocent civilians (on both sides), (2) Israeli non-civilians, (3) Palestinian non-civilians, and (4) money and property. Given that, the following would be effective, ruthleess, and altogether just:
Surround Gaza, set up checkpoints, and continuously broadcast that people must gather their valuables and leave now. Known criminals and members of terrorist organizations are arrested at the checkpoints; everyone else can leave. Belongings that can't be inspected on the spot are stored for later claim. No weapons get out, obviously. Then, after you've allowed enough time for anyone who wants to leave to do so, obliterate what remains from the air until there is nothing left. Voila, no more Gaza weapon stashes and bomb factories, and anyone who died there declared himself to be a combattant by staying, so deserves no sympathy. Compensate those who left something reasonable for their homes and let them go anywhere but Israel. They can return to Gaza and rebuild if they like. Perhaps give them more money if they promise to leave the Middle East and never return.
Announce that if the attacks continue, the process will be repeated in the west bank, town by town until the attacks stop.