Israel has been under siege from missiles and rockets day in, day out ever since it withdrew from Gaza on Sep. 12, 2005. Israel is a tiny country, wedged in between the sea and a great swath of hostile Arab territories. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are within easy range of the land the peace processors have set aside in their imaginations for a Palestinian state.
Imagine the U.S. tolerating a situation in which there is relentless bombardment from across its border, and the regime there in power not only tolerates it but facilitates it; not only facilitates it, but makes clear that it is a picture of the Israeli future.
Not only the U.S., but any and all governments, would respond forcefully, more forcefully than Israel had responded.
January 22, 2008
How to Respond to Bombardment from Across the Border
Excerpted from How to Respond to Bombardment from Across the Border:
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