Sorry. I don't buy that. Sharon would not sell out Israel to avoid indictment. He's changed his mind because he believes circumstances warrant it. That often happens.
the left in Israel and Europe and the left and the paleomorons in the CIA and in State still cling to pre 9/11 idiocy and think appeasing arabs is to Americas benefit.
This is true but it has nothing to do with Bush's or Sharon's policy...except insofar as they are forced to consider opposition opinion.
If it was truly a military "defensible" issue, Israel could WIPE OUT GAZA IN 36 HOURS.
Boy, you're a real military and political genius. A perfect example of your truly hopeless stupidity.
Give us ONE EXAMPLE OF WHERE SURRENDER OF LAND BY REASONABLE REPUBLICS TO TYRANICAL SCUM REGIMES LED TO: less future demands buy the scum; easier defeat of and regaining of the territory by the good guys.
Military history is full of examples of tactical retreats which led to ultimate victories. Look at WWII, for starters.
"Easier" is a straw man you set up. I never said it would be easier. I said it would be possible. But I can defend easier as well. Sharon thinks that trying to hang on to everything will fatally weaken the Israeli military and society with police work, bankrupt the economy, and isolate Israel diplomatically. I think that granting the Palestinians independence in a very shrunken West Bank and Gaza will result in civil war and anarchy, isolating them and bankrupting them. Depending on what else is happening in the world it may be possible for Israeli to simply march in and transfer the population.
Thank you for making my argument above on America's short-sighted vision on forcing an ally to surrender land to terrorists
I said you were a hopeless moron. You continue to prove it.