Charles Krauthammer defends disengagement:
Unilateralism is both correct and necessary. Israel has no peace partner – Mahmoud Abbas has nothing to offer and has offered nothing – and in the absence of a partner, there is only one logical policy: rationalize your defensive lines and prepare for a long wait…
There are two problems… What about the rockets? What about the world?
The first problem is that while the fences do prevent terrorist infiltration, they do nothing about rockets… with the enhanced ability to smuggle in weapons from Egypt and with no Israeli patrols looking for them, the attacks will resume and get far worse.
The second problem is world reaction to the Gaza withdrawal. Far from Israel getting any credit for this deeply wrenching action, the demand now is for yet more concessions — from Israel… This is a counsel of folly. The idea that if only Israel made more concessions and more withdrawals, the Palestinians will be enticed into making peace is flatly contradicted by history.
Admit that Israeli concessions to the Palestinians will promote more violence, admit that the world will always pressure Israel, and support the disengagement anyway. Sound familiar? Of course it does. The only differences between Charles Krauthammer and Mere Rhetoric is good writing, measured reasoning, and about 50 IQ points. Which is why we send you to read him, and he doesn’t know we exist. Go read the whole thing.
