I previously posted about the latest rash of scandalous photos coming out of Afghanistan showing U.S. military atrocities under Obama’s command, and wondering if the media would pick up on it the way they did when it was Bush’s army… Well, here’s a twist I wasn’t expecting: yes, one of the U.S. media, Rolling Stone, [...]
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Response To Peace-Dreamers
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A couple of weeks ago, Debra DeLee penned a piece in the Jerusalem Post talking dreamily about Obama’s “true dedication” to peace and how he “really means it… genuinely means it”. Her article consisted of a lot of dreamily optimistic notions, in complete disregard for reality.
Yesterday, Martin Sherman wrote a great response to her, dragging the reader back down to earth to face the reality of what has been happening and what will happen. His piece begins with:
The recent article, “Obama means what he says” on July 22 by CEO of Americans for Peace Now (APN) Debra DeLee, was a breathtaking display of misplaced arrogance and misleading dogma. One can only marvel at how, after well over a decade and a half of support for a disastrously failed policy, the proponents of a two-state solution still behave as if they have not only a monopoly on the moral high ground, but also the inside track to enlightened political wisdom. Indeed, one can only wonder how much more tragedy has to befall both Jews and Arabs before these smug, self-satisfied proponents of a Palestinian state muster the intellectual integrity to admit they were wrong.
In the heady days of Oslowian-Optimism (Oh-Oh?), a case might have conceivably been made for placing the burden of proof on the opponents of a two-state concept to provide a convincing case that this was a policy whose chances of success were negligible and the cost of failure unacceptable. But today the onus has shifted. Today – after 16 years of disaster, death and destruction – a more sober approach is called for. Today, the burden of proof must be on the proponents of the two-state solution to show that their preferred policy not only has (a) an reasonable probability of success, but (b) the risk it entails is tolerable. Given the post-Oslo experience, it is not immediately evident how they would go about this – on either count.
After that, Sherman continues to debunk her silly notions and set the record straight so that anyone with half a brain can see the reality for what it is.
A tip of the ol’ fedora to my friend, Alan, for passing along this great read to me!