Wobblin' or Winkin'?
"George is going wobbly, say the editors of the New Republic, "and so is his administration..."
the hour is late for debater's points. Too many innocent Israelis and Palestinians have died. About this no decent person can disagree. It would be awfully wonderful if the Israelis could immediately withdraw from the hostile casbahs of the West Bank in an expectation of calm and reason, so that the scholasticisms of Tenet and Mitchell can be given a chance. For the Palestinian question cannot be reduced to a question of terrorism: About this, too, no decent person could disagree. But if it is not only a question of terrorism, it is also a question of terrorism; and neither Tenet not Mitchell has the answer to it. The United States, of all powers and all peoples, should not treat Israel's defense of itself as an inconvenience.Posted by Dr. Frank at April 11, 2002 04:42 PM | TrackBack