Posted by
Sackco on Friday, July 14, 2006 9:04:08 AM
The State of Israel has once again stepped out of bounds with its attacks on the infrastructure of Lebanese civilians. The time is immediate for the United States to assume responsibility for reining in the spoiled child that we have enabled for so long in the Middle East. Since the unfortunate failure of President Clinton's final attempt at managing peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians the United States has done little to resolve the entrenched difficulties. Israelis have demonstrated a serious failure of imagination and tragic lack of patience in their attempt to live among a dogmatically hostile people.
My wish is that the state of Israel could survive as a decent member of the world community and as a partner with its neighbors for the benefit of all humans in the region. It must learn to recognize that the life of a foreigner is no less valuable than the life of one of its citizens, lesson, I am ashamed to say, the United States also needs to relearn. I am not optimistic that Israel will outlast the animosity that its behavior over the last thirty years has engendered.
I do not absolve the enemies of Israel of their responsibility for the continuation of violence. That remains another topic for another time.