NRP Puts Stupidity Ahead of National Interest
No answer to this argument:
Mr. Sharon told NRP officials that until such time that actual actions are taken towards the implementation of the Gaza Disengagement Plan, there is no need for the party to quit the coalition.
Or to this argument:
Sharon added that without the NRP, there will be no one left in the government to safeguard matters of religion and state.
Or to these arguments:
Sharon met with the faction at the Prime Minister's Office and asked them to remain in the coalition for at least a couple more weeks in light of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's impending death and the problems passing the 2005 state budget.
Let alone to any of the arguments why disengagement might be a good idea. But nonetheless, NRP has decided to take their toys and go home. So much the worse for them. This leaves Sharon with 55 MKs in the coalition, and that's counting the Likud rebels who today wouldn't vote to approve Sharon's statements that the sky is blue. Elections can't be far behind, and with them Sharon's departure from politics. I'm afraid that Netanyahu will be choosen to run for the Likud and that Ben-Eliezer will be selected by Labor. With the power of the Haredi parties broken by Sharon's current government, Shinui will have no reason to exist and will be reduced back down to about 6 or 7 mandates - at which point Tommy Lapid will leave the stage. With those three gone, the nation will be deprived of the wisdom and experience of the generation that founded the Jewish State. It had to happen some time, but tragically it seems to be happening before they have managed to help settle the religious-secular divide that Ben-Gurion kicked down the road decades ago.
Mr. Sharon told NRP officials that until such time that actual actions are taken towards the implementation of the Gaza Disengagement Plan, there is no need for the party to quit the coalition.
Or to this argument:
Sharon added that without the NRP, there will be no one left in the government to safeguard matters of religion and state.
Or to these arguments:
Sharon met with the faction at the Prime Minister's Office and asked them to remain in the coalition for at least a couple more weeks in light of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's impending death and the problems passing the 2005 state budget.
Let alone to any of the arguments why disengagement might be a good idea. But nonetheless, NRP has decided to take their toys and go home. So much the worse for them. This leaves Sharon with 55 MKs in the coalition, and that's counting the Likud rebels who today wouldn't vote to approve Sharon's statements that the sky is blue. Elections can't be far behind, and with them Sharon's departure from politics. I'm afraid that Netanyahu will be choosen to run for the Likud and that Ben-Eliezer will be selected by Labor. With the power of the Haredi parties broken by Sharon's current government, Shinui will have no reason to exist and will be reduced back down to about 6 or 7 mandates - at which point Tommy Lapid will leave the stage. With those three gone, the nation will be deprived of the wisdom and experience of the generation that founded the Jewish State. It had to happen some time, but tragically it seems to be happening before they have managed to help settle the religious-secular divide that Ben-Gurion kicked down the road decades ago.
