Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Zeev Hed]

A handful of crazies is not the problem, the problem is armed factions that practice terror and are free to do so (even encouraged) by the civilian leadership. We have had our own domestic terrorists in the past and these can be handled. It is state supported terrorism which is the problem. In Oslo, Israel agreed to arm the Palestinians in order to reign in the terrorists gang, Arafat either did not want to, or was afraid to be murdered or was unable to reign in these factions (my guess is the first). Ben Gurion had similar problems with his extreme terrorist groups, few arrests, few sown downs with guns at hand, bringing the country on the verge of a "brothers war", and the message got through. Use the democratic process of the ballot box to advance your ideals. Two of the 1948 "terrorists" leaders, Begin and Shamir actually did that and both ended up being prime ministers in Israel, one of them, Begin, even signed a peace treaty with Egypt.... Why can't Arafat be a statesman like David Ben Gurion and earn an eternal place in the history of his nation?


Zeev